Agenda and minutes

Venue: Committee Room 1, Hendon Town Hall, The Burroughs, London NW4 4BQ. View directions

Contact: Edward Gilbert 020 8359 3469 Email: edward.gilbert@barnet.gov.uk 

Note: Public Questions and Comments must be submitted by 10am on the third working day before the meeting. The deadline for this meeting is 10am on Wednesday 18 January. 

Items
No. Item

1.

Minutes pdf icon PDF 89 KB

Minutes:

RESOLVED – The minutes of the meeting held on 10th November 2016 were agreed as a correct record.

2.

Absence of Members

Minutes:

Councillor Dr Devra Kay was absent, and was substituted by Councillor Jess Brayne.

 

Councillor Paul Edwards was absent for the beginning of the meeting, and was present for item 8 (Progress Report on the Adults and Safeguarding Committee Commissioning Plan and Outcome Measures) onwards.

3.

Declarations of Members Disclosable Pecuniary Interests and Non-Pecuinary Interests

Minutes:

The following interest was declared:

 

Councillor

Items

Nature of Interest

Detail

Jess Brayne

9 & 10

Non-pecuniary

That the Councillor is a Volunteer at Age UK.

 

4.

Report of the Monitoring Officer (if any)

Minutes:

None.

5.

Public Questions and Comments (if any) pdf icon PDF 79 KB

Minutes:

Answers to those public questions submitted for the meeting were included in a supplementary paper. Copies were circulated to members and made available for members of the public.

 

There were no supplementary questions.

6.

Members' Items (if any)

Minutes:

None.

7.

Review of procurement and mobilisation of adult social care enablement service pdf icon PDF 322 KB

Minutes:

The Chairman introduced the item, which related to a review of procurement and mobilisation of the adult social care enablement service.

 

The Chairman then invited the James Mass, Assistant Director (Adults and Communities), and Jess Baines-Holmes, the Head of Care Quality, to the table to answer any questions from the committee.

 

Dawn Wakeling, Commissioning Director - Adults and Health, then provided an overview of the contents of the report

 

Following consideration of the item the Chairman moved to the recommendations. The committee indicated that they did not wish to move into private session later in the meeting to discuss the exempt part of the report. The committee then unanimously agreed the recommendation.  The following was therefore RESOLVED:

 

·         That the Committee noted the report, which set out the review of the procurement and mobilisation of the previous enablement service in Barnet.

8.

Progress report on the Adults and Safeguarding Committee Commissioning Plan and Outcomes measures pdf icon PDF 328 KB

Additional documents:

Minutes:

Councillor Paul Edwards entered the meeting, and took part in the consideration and deliberation of all remaining items.

 

The Chairman and Dawn Wakeling, Commissioning Director - Adults and Health, introduced the item, which related to a progress report on the Adults & Safeguarding Committee Commissioning Plan and Outcome measures.

 

Following consideration of the item the Chairman moved to the recommendation, which the committee unanimously agreed.  The following was therefore RESOLVED:

 

·         That the Committee noted the progress against the Adults and SafeguardingCommittee Commissioning Plan to date in 2016/17.

 

9.

Extension of the Later Life Planning Service Contract pdf icon PDF 265 KB

Minutes:

The Chairman introduced the item, which related to a recommended extension of the Later Life Planning Service Contract.

 

Following consideration of the item the Chairman moved to the recommendation, which the committee unanimously agreed.  The following was therefore RESOLVED:

 

·         That the Committee approved acceptance of an extension of the contract between the Council and Age UK Barnet for the provision of a Later Life Planning service for one year from 01 April 2017 to 31 March 2018.

 

10.

Prevention and Early Support Review: Consultation Report pdf icon PDF 303 KB

Additional documents:

Minutes:

The Chairman introduced the item, which related to a consultation report on the Prevention and Early Support Review. He noted that the report had been circulated to members as a supplementary paper, and that copies had been made available for members of the public at the meeting.

 

The Chairman then invited Zoë Garbett, the Commissioning Lead (Health and Wellbeing), and Kirstie Haines, Strategic Lead (Adults Wellbeing), to provide an overview of the contents of the report, and to answer any questions from the committee.

 

Following consideration of the item the Chairman moved to the recommendations, with each recommendation taken in turn. Votes were recorded as follows:

 

Recommendation 1:

 

For

9

Against

0

Abstain

0

 

Recommendation 2:

 

For

9

Against

0

Abstain

0

 

Recommendation 3:

 

For

5

Against

4

Abstain

0

 

Recommendation 4:

 

For

9

Against

0

Abstain

0

 

The recommendations were therefore carried, and the following was therefore RESOLVED:

 

1.    That the Committee considered the findings of the consultation on the proposals for the Prevention and Early Support Contracts.

 

2.    That the Committee approved the mitigating actions as laid out in the report – at section 1 (tables 1 and 3 – 7) and 5.2.2.

 

3.    That the Committee agreed that the proposed changes, which were agreed at its November meeting subject to consultation (also detailed in section 1 of this report), have now been implemented.

 

4.    That the Committee noted that engagement with service users and their families, and other key stakeholders will be an on-going process to ensure that developments support individuals.

 

11.

Committee Forward Work Programme pdf icon PDF 227 KB

Additional documents:

Minutes:

The Chairman introduced the item, which related to the Forward Work Programme for the Committee.

 

The committee then noted the 2017 work programme.

12.

Any other items that the Chairman decides are urgent

Minutes:

None.

13.

Motion to Exclude the Press and Public

Minutes:

Not applicable.

14.

[EXEMPT] Review of procurement and mobilisation of adult social care enablement service

Minutes:

Not applicable.

15.

Any Other Exempt Items that the Chairman Decides are Urgent

Minutes:

Not applicable.