Agenda item

Report of the Assistant Director - Adult Services

The Assistant Director, Adult Social Care, submitted a report (previously circulated) to provide Members with an update on the Social Care reforms introduced as part of the Health and Social Care Act 2022.

The submitted report stated that the Act included a series of measures including the return of Care Quality Commission (CQC) assessment of Council Adults’ services, default powers for the Secretary of State in relation to Adult Social Care, the implementation of Integrated Care Boards (ICBs) and Integrated Care Partnerships, a cap on care costs (paused until 2025), mandatory learning disability and autism training, and professional regulation.

The submitted report summarised the key areas of impact, informed Members of the Council’s current position in relation to the Health and Care Act 2022, detailed a number of service objectives to enable delivery, and outlined the Transformation Delivery Plan 2023-2026.

Members entered into discussion on how the cap on social care costs would impact on service delivery, how the baseline success of the Transformation Delivery Plan would be measured and the current situation in relation to the rise in Covid-19 cases and service delivery.

RESOLVED – (a) That the contents of the report be noted.

(b) That update reports outlining the progress on the actions outlined in the Transformation Delivery Plan 2023-2026, be submitted to this Scrutiny Committee.