Issue - meetings

Report of the Assistant Director, Adult Social Care and Health.

Consideration was given to a report which provided an overview of Adult Social Care’s performance against a number of required national and local metrics. The report was part of the regular cycle of reporting to the Committee and key information in terms of the preparation for Sefton’s upcoming Care Quality Commission (CQC) assessment.

Members of the Committee asked questions/commented on the following issues:

·       The data regarding abuse and 40% of cases being attributed to care workers. It was confirmed that the figure did not represent deliberate harm and was likely to be ‘acts of omission’.

·       The care transfer hub and the work it is doing to ensure people have care packages in place in a timely manner.

·       The reasons for the drop in the number of safeguarding referrals resolved within 28 days.

·       If any quantitative information was available.

·       How feedback from service users was collected.

RESOLVED:

(1)          That the contents of the report be noted;

(2)          That it be agreed that regular updates continue to be provided to the Committee regarding the performance of Adult Social Care.