Issue - meetings

The Chairman introduced the report which considered the outcomes of the first stage of a delivery model project to identify the best way to respond to the challenges facing adult social care services (ASC). This was in the face of unprecedented pressures  in adult social care nationally and further to the Committee’s approval of the project to consider alternative delivery models for ASC in January 2015.

The report considered a number of different models. Dawn Wakeling, Adults and Health Commissioning Director, in particular described the Shropshire model of using community hubs which implemented more preventative measures rather than more traditional care services..

During the course of the debate, the Committee requested that it be recorded that they were agreeing the principles and objectives behind the provision of adult social care. The Committee requested that future reports on ASC operating models would include the following:

·         the principles behind the model for adult social care

·         how the model would work, and that

·         any future consideration would include an evaluation in-house option.

The Committee also agreed the strategic outline case would include:

·         The scope of the model including the services in it and the client groups whom it would support

·         The principles and if they will meet the objectives set by the committee

·         The practice including cultural, process and systems aspects.

The Chairman moved to the vote on the recommendations as set in the report and the Committee unanimously

RESOLVED that the Adult and Safeguarding Committee

1.    approve the approach to the proposed new ASC operating model;

2.    agree the proposed approach to developing an outline business case for an alternative model.