Agenda and minutes
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Apologies for Absence/Replacement Members Minutes: Apologies for absence had been received from Councillor E J Sneath, Councillor C Matthews and the Executive Director – Adult Care and Community Wellbeing. |
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Declarations of Members' Interests Minutes: None were declared. |
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Minutes of the meeting held on 23 February 2022 PDF 537 KB Minutes: RESOLVED:
That the minutes of the meeting held on 23rd February 2022 be approved as a correct record and signed by the Chairman. |
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Announcements by the Chairman, Executive Councillor and Lead Officers Minutes: The Chairman reminded the Committee that a briefing session on the Community Strategy and the Voluntary Sector would take place following the meeting.
The pilot scheme for the recycling of community and medical equipment had commenced in March and could continue for a trial period of ten weeks at Lincoln’s recycling centre, with the potential to extend the scheme to all household waste recycling centres within the County.
The Executive Councillor for Adult Care and Public Health was pleased to report that the De Wint Court extra care housing had been shortlisting for the Local Government Chronicle award within the housing category.
The Chairman had attended the opening of the extra care facilities at De Wint Court and commended the facilities.
The Lincolnshire Care Awards had taken place on 24 March 2022, which celebrated the strength, pride and achievements of Lincolnshire’s Carers. The Executive Councillor for Adult Care and Public Health thanked all those in attendance. |
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Lincolnshire Community Equipment Service Re-Procurement PDF 480 KB (To receive a report from Marie Kaempfe-Rice, Commercial & Procurement Manager, Commercial Team - People Services, which invites the Committee to consider a report on the commissioning and procurement of the Lincolnshire Community Equipment Service (LCES), which is due to be considered by the Executive on 4 May 2022. The views of the Scrutiny Committee will be reported to the Executive, as part of its consideration of this item)
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Minutes: Consideration was given to a report by the Head of Public Health and the Senior Commercial & Procurement Officer, which invited the Committee to consider an update on the Lincolnshire Community Equipment Service (LCES) Re-procurement, which was due to be considered by the Executive on 4 May 2022. Following a comprehensive review of the LCES including telecare, several changes had been made to the arrangements proposed as part of the new service, which was due to commence on 1 April 2023. Approval from the Executive was sought to procure a new contract for LCES including wheelchair services. The report set out the main objectives of the LCES contract; the challenges faced in recent years and the proposed changes to current arrangements, which included broadening the scope of the service, changes to the commercial model, the introduction of a true pooled budget, changes to the contract duration, specification improvements and the separate procurement of the telecare service. Further details were set out in Appendix 1 to the report. The Committee supported the proposals to the Executive and during the discussion the following points were noted · The Committee welcomed the separation of the telecare element; the inclusion of the wheelchair service; the continuation of the single provider model; the inclusion of sub-contract models in the procurement arrangements to ensure specialist services are maintained as well; the proposed rebate model to improve the rates of recycling of the equipment by the provider, whereby the provider would retain a percentage of the value of recycled equipment and the contract duration of potentially ten years for the community equipment contract. · The Committee was strongly supportive of all recycling arrangements, which currently included a scheme at the Council’s household waste and recycling centres, where equipment could be deposited and passed to the provider. · It was noted that seven-day working, introduced in response to the pandemic, was being monitored and could be explored as part of the new contract arrangement. Seven day working would enhance service delivery and the speed of response to people’s needs. · The Committee highlighted the budget pressures, arising from demographic trends, as one of the risks. There was already a cost pressure of £1.1 million and if demand were to increase by 4% per annum, there would be increased pressure on the budget, although the proposed rebate model would mitigate some of these pressures. · The Committee acknowledged that due to the forecasted growth of the service and the associated potential cost pressures, a sustainable long term funding strategy would need to be developed in partnership with the NHS. As part of the true pooled budget, equipment would no longer be attributed to either the NHS or the County Council and prescribed on the basis of need. Thus prescriber behaviour would therefore form a key element of the joint work. · The catalogue of equipment was reviewed regularly to ensure the most cost effective and best range of equipment was made available. · Assurance was provided that many commissioners were now using a rebate model. · A number ... view the full minutes text for item 70. |
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Adult Care and Community Wellbeing Improvement and Development Programme - Overview PDF 386 KB (To receive a report from Chris Erskine, Principal Social Worker – Adult Care and Community Wellbeing, which introduces a presentation which provides an overview of the Improvement and Development Programme and the work undertaken and the impact to date) Additional documents: Minutes: The Committee received a presentation on the Adult Care and Community Wellbeing Improvement and Development Programme, which aimed to support people to stay as healthy, safe and independent and as possible at all stages of their lives.
The presentation provided an introduction to the programme, including the work carried out to date; the key objectives of the programme; the interventions implemented so far; the new vision and inclusive ambition for Adult Care and Community Wellbeing; the impacts made to date and a summary of the delivery of the project.
Consideration was given to the report and during the discussion the following points were noted:
RESOLVED:
That the report and presentation be noted.
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Increasing the Capacity of the Adult Social Care Sector Workforce in Lincolnshire PDF 386 KB (To receive a report by Justin Hackney, Assistant Director – Specialist Services, which provides an introduction to the Adult Social Care sector workforce agenda in Lincolnshire) Additional documents:
Minutes: Consideration was given to a presentation by the Assistant Director – Specialist Services, which outlined plans to increase the Capacity of the Adult Social Care Sector Workforce in Lincolnshire.
The presentation provided details on the plans in pace to increase the adult social care workforce in Lincolnshire, including workforce strategy ‘bridging the gap’, current vacancy and turnover rates and the challenges faced in the recruitment of staff to the social care sector. The presentation also provided detail of Lincolnshire’s ‘it’s not a job’ campaign, which was designed to attract interest and action, with a clear target audience and strong messaging.
The Senior Project Manager, Social Change UK, made reference to the ‘it’s not a job’ campaign, which was targetting the student population, people studying for a career in social care and people who were unemployed in places with high care demand. The campaign sort to simplify the process when applying to work within the adult care centre and the need to be initiative and highlight the benefits of a career in care.
Consideration was given to the presentation and during the discussion the following points were noted:
RESOLVED:
That the report and presentation be noted.
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Review of Performance Measure "PI130 Adult Safeguarding concerns progressing to enquiry" PDF 832 KB (To receive a report by Justin Hackney, Assistant Director – Specialist Services, which provides the Committee with details of the review of performance measure PI130 - Adult Safeguarding concerns progressing to enquiry) Additional documents: Minutes: Consideration was given to a report by the Assistant Director – Specialist Services and the Interim Chairman – Lincolnshire Safeguarding Adults Board (LSAB), which provided the Committee with details of the review of performance measure PI130 - Adult Safeguarding concerns progressing to enquiry.
A review of a Performance Measure “PI130 Adult Safeguarding concerns that progress to enquiry” was requested by the Adults and Community Wellbeing Scrutiny Committee following consideration of the performance measure and associated narrative at the scrutiny meeting in February 2022.
The review had concluded that the current performance measure did not get to the heart of where further improvement was most needed. The current definition excluded significant amounts of adult safeguarding work and potentially penalised good practice in the way it evaluated performance. It was therefore proposed that the current performance measure be removed from key indicator performance with effect from the 1 April 2022 and an action line and timeline be put in place for improvements to be made, including the creation of an alternative performance indicator.
Consideration was given to the report and during the discussion the following points were noted:
RESOLVED:
That in consultation with the Executive Councillor for Adult Care and Public Health, the following recommendations be approved:
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Adults and Community Wellbeing Scrutiny Committee Work Programme PDF 686 KB (To receive a report from Simon Evans, Health Scrutiny Officer, which invites the Committee to consider its work programme) Minutes: Consideration was given to a report by the Health Scrutiny Officer, which invited the Committee to consider the Committee’s future work programme, as set out on pages 108 – 109 of the agenda pack.
The Committee also welcomed the following additions to the work programme:
A possible update on social care reform |