Agenda

To issue a welcome to those present, and to confirm if there are any apologies for absence.

Members will be asked to declare any interests they may have in the business to be discussed.

The minutes of the meeting of the Adult Social Care Scrutiny Commission held on Thursday 15^th January have been circulated, and Members will be asked to confirm them as a correct record.

The Chair is invited to make any announcements as they see fit. 

Any questions, representations and statements of case submitted in accordance with the Council’s procedures will be reported.

Any petitions received in accordance with Council procedures will be reported.

The Strategic Director of Social Care and Education submits a report providing the Adult Social Care Scrutiny Commission with the Care Quality Commission’s inspection report of the Leicester City Council Reablement Service.

The Director for Adult Social Care and Commissioning submits a report providing an overview of the approaches that the Department utilises to support people so that they are less likely to be lonely or isolated.

The Strategic Director for Social Care and Education submits a report setting out the Social Care and Education Department’s improvement ambitions with regards to equality and diversity over the 2026-27 year.

The Strategic Director of Social Care and Education submits a report providing the Adult Social Care’s Scrutiny Commission with a copy of the Annual Report for 2024/25 produced in relation to Adult Social Care’s (ASC) statutory, corporate, Local Government & Social Care Ombudsman complaints and commendations.  Information within this report provides a full picture of the formal complaint contacts and commendations received across the Department and accompanying analysis.

The Strategic Director for Social Care and Education gives a presentation which displays the fourteen agreed priorities for the Social Care and Education department for the 2026/27 financial year alongside performance ambitions which will be reported on periodically to track progress.

Members of the Commission will be asked to consider the work programme and make suggestions for additional items as it considers necessary.