Present at the meeting:
- Councillor K Cunliffe (Cabinet Champion)(In the Chair)
- Councillor N A Bradbury
- Councillor G M Bretherton
- Councillors R M Bleakley
- Councillor S Dawber
- Councillor Mrs S J Greensmith
- Councillor K W McManus
- Councillor Mrs J M Peet
- Councillor J Talbot
Co-opted Member:
59 Apologies for absence: Councillors M A Dewhurst, Mrs S Dewhurst and R T Splaine and Mr S Oliver, Mrs M Burgess, Mr P Halsall and Mr A Kendrick.
60 Minutes: The minutes of the meeting of this Panel held on 20 January 2009 were approved as a correct record.
61 Exclusion of the public - section 100a Local Government Act 1972: Resolved: The public is excluded from the meeting when the Adult Services Panel discusses the following item for the reason set out below:-
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Quarterly reports |
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Adult Services Contracts Delegations |
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62 Deprivation of Liberty Safeguarding: The Panel considered a report of the Executive Director: Health and Wellbeing and a presentation by Wigan Family Welfare, which described the new legislative requirements relating to the deprivation of liberty safeguards under the new Mental Capacity Act 2005, the report outlined the proposals for implementation of the safeguards.
Members asked questions, to which the officers present responded.
Agreed: The Panel notes the report now submitted and thanks Wigan Family Welfare for the presentation.
63 Fair Access to care – Eligibility Criteria: The Panel considered a report of the Executive Director: Health and Wellbeing, which informed Members of the eligibility criteria under Fair Access to Services. Councils were required to review their eligibility criteria annually in line with their usual budgetary cycle.
Members asked questions, to which the officers present responded.
Agreed: The Panel notes the report now submitted.
64 Meeting the needs of people eligible for social care: The Panel considered a report of the Executive Director: Health and Wellbeing, that informed Members of an agreed policy regarding how the needs of people eligible for Social Care should be met through services which maximised independence.
Members were advised that the policy now needed to be amended in the light of the budgetary position for 2009-10, and the Council’s Transforming Social Care Action Plan.
The Cabinet had considered a report at minute 288 (November 2003) and would consider this issue at a future meeting.
The approach is in line with Personalisation as it focused on abilities not disabilities and outcome not needs.
Members asked questions, to which the officers present responded.
Agreed: The Panel endorses changes to the policy, which will include:-
- supporting the needs which will first be considered by the reablement service to ensure that a maximum level of independence is achieved before resources are allocated, either through support package or personal budget; and
- supporting packages which will reflect individual choice where resources permit.
The report would be considered by Cabinet
65 Adult Services Budget Monitoring Report 2008/09: The Panel considered a joint report of the Executive Director: Health and Wellbeing and the Executive Director: Business Support Services, that advised Members of the budget monitoring position for Adult Services after the first 10 months of 2008/09 and which commented on the budgetary issues that needed to be addressed during the year.
The report would be considered by Cabinet.
Agreed: The Panel notes the report now submitted.
66 Performance Monitoring Report – Quarter 3: The Panel considered a report of the Executive Director Health and Wellbeing, that advised Members on the performance monitoring position for the first three quarters of 2008/09 on Adult Services.
The report outlines the overall performance for the first three quarters, which indicated 70% of indicators were on target or better than target.
Members asked questions, to which the officers present responded.
The report would be considered by Cabinet.
Agreed: The Panel notes the report now submitted.
67 Annual Report of access grants 2008/09: The Panel considered a report of the Executive Director of Environmental Services, which provided information to Members of the annual report on access grants approved in the financial year 2008/09.
Agreed: The Panel notes the report now submitted.
68 Minutes of Single Commissioning Agency (SCA) – Joint Shadow Board, 12 February 2009: The Panel considered the minutes of the SCA held on 12 February 2009. The Chairman informed the Panel that at his request, to obviate delay, the SCA had agreed that the draft minutes of the SCA would be submitted to the Adult Services Panel for information prior to their ratification by the Board.
Agreed: The Panel accepts the minutes as submitted.
69 Adult Services Contracts Delegations: The Panel considered a report of the Executive Director: Health and Wellbeing, which informed Members of the decisions made by the Executive Director: Health and Well Being, which incorporated a value in excess of £250,000.
Authorisation was sought to amend the care home fee levels and these revised payments would be made from 1 April 2009.
Agreed: The Panel notes the report now submitted.
70 Questions by Members at Panel meetings: Councillor R M Bleakley raised a question to which the Executive Director of Adult Services responded.
"What will be the potential impact be on adult care services in the borough as the European Parliament has now agreed to scrap Britain's opt out in 2012 of the Working Time Directive?".
71 Vote of thanks: Agreed: The best thanks of this Panel are extended to the Cabinet Champion and the Officers for the excellent services rendered by them during the past Municipal Year.
