Venue: Meeting Room G.01, Ground Floor, City Hall, 115 Charles Street, Leicester, LE1 1FZ
Contact: Georgia Humby, Senior Governance Officer, email: georgia.humby@leicester.gov.uk Kirsty Wootton, Governance Services Officer, email: kirsty.wootton@leicester.gov.uk
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Welcome and Apologies for Absence To issue a welcome to those present, and to confirm if there are any apologies for absence.
Minutes: There were no apologies of absence. |
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Declarations of Interests Members will be asked to declare any interests they may have in the business to be discussed.
Minutes: There were no declarations of interest. |
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Minutes of the Previous Meeting The minutes of the meeting of the Adult Social Care Scrutiny Commission held on 29 August 2024 have been circulated and Members will be asked to confirm them as a correct record. Minutes: The Chair noted that the minutes from the previous meeting held on 29th August 2024 were included in the agenda pack and asked Members to confirm whether they were an accurate record.
AGREED: It was agreed that the minutes for the meeting on 29th August 2024 were a correct record. |
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Chairs Announcements The Chair is invited to make any announcements as they see fit.
Minutes: The Chair noted an update had been received from the Care Quality Commission (CQC). Ruth Lake, Director, Adult Social Care and Safeguarding confirmed that a notification had been received to start the next phase of the process and submit the required information return to CQC. Leicester City Council had been advised that the onsite inspection would take place within the next 6 months, with six to eight weeks’ notice given of that date. A meeting with the senior leadership team and CQC would take place prior to inspectors arriving on site. Further updates will be given to the Scrutiny Commission.
The Chair further noted that a recent issue had taken place in which the Leicester City Councils phone lines went down.
Ruth Lake, Director of Adult Social Care and Safeguarding in response stated that the Council has a well-tested business continuity plan in place to manage these issues. The safeguarding line is one of the options when coming through on the Councils Automated Call Distribution System rather than a separate line. In the event that the telephone line goes down, three smartphones are in place and colleagues are immediately informed in the Communications and Media Team to circulate alternative numbers out on the Council’s Public Facing information on the website, social media and internally to colleagues who may need to make contact Adult Social Care was able to ensure contact was possible throughout the significant IT outage that occurred in March this year.
The Chair asked Councillor Russell, Deputy City Mayor for Social Care, Health and Community Safety how the additional 600M in the budget for Adult Social Care for Local Authorities would impact Leicester City Council.
In response Cllr Russell stated that the increase was very welcomed, but still not enough. The detail of what the money will bring to the budget wont be available until the Christmas period. The National Insurance Increase and other elements were covered in the Main Council activities, however they are not covered in the contracted activities. Therefore the combination of the rise in National Insurance Contribution and the rise in Living Wage may take up a large percentage of that.
Laurence Jones, Strategic Director for Social Care and Education added that we as a Council would need to work through and there were also significant programmes to reduce the levels of growth, which would give some flexibility in which the Council were overdelivering in this year already. In terms of balancing the budget more widely, certain levers could be pulled. The Council would need to wait for the Settlement details and further communications on what it means in terms of social care.
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Questions, Representations and Statements of Case Any questions, representations and statements of case submitted in accordance with the Council’s procedures will be reported.
Minutes: The Monitoring Officer noted that none had been received. |
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Petitions Any petitions received in accordance with Council procedures will be reported.
Minutes: The Monitoring Officer noted that none had been received. |
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Leicester Safeguarding Adults Board Annual Report The Leicester Safeguarding Adults Board submits an annual report providing an overview of the strategic and developmental priorities of the Board. Minutes: The Director for Adult Social Caresubmitted a report providing the Commission with an overview of performance data analysed through the lens of ethnicity together with the key findings.
The Independent Chair of the Leicestershire and Rutland Safeguarding Adults Board gave an overview of the report. Key points noted:
1. To have a Strategic plan 2. To report annually to the public 3. To review cases where serious incidents or deaths have occurred (with a particular focus on multi-agency communications.)
In response to questions and comments from Members, it was noted that:
It was noted ... view the full minutes text for item 88. |
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Understanding Equity in Adult Social Care (A Deep Dive into Race Equity) The Director of Adult Social Care & Safeguarding submits a report to provide the Commission with an overview of performance data that has been analysed through the lens of ethnicity, and the key findings. Additional documents: Minutes:
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The Director of Adult Social Care & Commissioning submits a report to update the Commission on carers work in the City and across Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland ICS including priorities for the next 12 months. Additional documents: Minutes: The Deputy City Mayor Deputy City Mayor - Social Care, Health, and Community Safety introduced the item, acknowledging the vital work of carers and the problematic area of carer identification.
The Commission noted the report
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Members of the Commission will be asked to consider the work programme and make suggestions for additional items as it considers necessary.
Minutes: The Chair reminded Members that should there be any items they wish to be considered for the work programme then to share these with her and the senior governance officer. |
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Any Other Urgent Business Minutes: With there being no further business, the meeting closed at 7.05pm. |