Present at the Meeting
- Councillor K Anderson (Cabinet champion)(In the Chair),
- Councillor G M Bretherton
- Councillor R M Bleakley
- Councillor Mrs J Hurst
- Councillor Mrs J Prescott
- Councillor K W McManus
- Councillor J Talbot
- Councillor M W Winstanley
12. Former Councillor Brian Jerome Strett: Prior to the commencement of the meeting, the Chairman referred to the death of Brian Strett. He had spent 24 years as an elected member of the Council, serving as Chairman of the Social Services Committee and lately as a Co-opted Member on this Panel. All present stood for a moment as a mark of respect for the sad loss of life.
13. Welcome to new Member: On behalf of the Panel, the Cabinet champion extended a warm welcome to Councillor R M Bleakley.
14. Apologies for absence : Councillors M Dewhurst, Mrs S Dewhurst, and Mrs D Fairhurst, and Mrs E J Berry, Mrs M Burgess, Mrs J Garlick and Mr A Stephenson (Co-opted Members).
15. Minutes : The Minutes of the meeting of this Panel held on 29 May 2007 were approved as a correct record.
16. Complaints and customer care annual report and the department’s quality strategy: The Panel considered a report and received a presentation from the Director of Adult Services. The report introduced the first complaints and customer care annual report produced under new legislation. It also introduced the Adult Services quality strategy 2007 which described how the department was responding to changes whilst ensuring service delivery was quality assured and service users appropriately safeguarded from harm.
The Panel asked questions to which the Director of Adult Services responded.
Agreed: The Panel notes the report and thanks the Director of Adult Services for the presentation now submitted.
17. Adult Services budget monitoring 2007/08: The Panel considered a report, which had been submitted to Cabinet, on the budget monitoring position for Adult Services after the first two months of 2007/08 and commenting on the budgetary issues which needed to be addressed during the remainder of the financial year.
The Panel asked questions to which the Director of Adult Services responded.
Agreed: The Panel notes the report now submitted.
18. Adult Services service plan 2007/08: The Panel considered a report, which was to be submitted to Cabinet and Council, informing Members of the context and work programme of the Adult Services department during 2007/08.
The Panel asked questions to which the Director of Adult Services responded.
Agreed: The Panel notes the report now submitted.
19. Arrangements for hospital discharge from Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Acute Hospital Trust: The Panel considered a report providing an update on the Department’s arrangements for hospital discharge. Since the introduction of
reimbursement the Council had not paid any fines (£100 per person per day) to the Acute Trust.
Members from the hospital social work teams were present at the meeting. They outlined the problems and pressures faced and the processes involved in discharging patients safely from hospital. The Panel asked questions to which the hospital social workers and the Director of Adult Services responded.
Agreed: The Panel notes the report now submitted.
20. Questions raised by Members at the Panel meeting : There were none.
