Archived decisions

Performance Indicator

Performance Target

Current Performance

Barrier to achieving performance target

Action

Officer Responsible

Target Date

Cost (+/-) / Resource Implications

Ref.

  • in the proportion of care management time spent arranging care

6 - 8%

October 2003

12 - 15%

Recruiting, inducting and supporting care brokers

Care Brokers in post

Yvonne Le Brun

July 2003

Within existing resources

 

Reduction in waiting times for assessment

July 2003 - 25% of assessments will take more than 6 weeks to complete

July 2004 - 17% of assessments will take more than 6 weeks to complete

32% of assessments take more than
6 weeks from initial contact

     

July 2003

July 2004

Within existing resources

 

Number of Care Broker in post and available to support the care management process

7 full time equivalent (f.t.e.).
April 2003

20 f.t.e
April 2004

1 f.t.e.

Recruiting to post within available financial resources

Winning the support of operational practitioners to use this facility effectively

Development of implementation plan

Convening a steering group to oversee the implementation of this proposal

Agreement of operational standards

Training plan

Roll out action plan

Implementation

Yvonne Le Brun

April 2003

April 2004

Within existing resources

 

% of clients receiving written copies of care plan

75% July 2003

100% July 2004

52%

Fund - v - vacancies

Hearts and minds

Care brokers in post, inducted and made operational

Yvonne Le Brun

July 2003

July 2004

Within existing resources

 

Performance Indicator

Performance Target

Current Performance

Barrier to achieving performance target

Action

Officer Responsible

Target Date

Cost (+/-) / Resource Implications

Ref.

Care manager's job satisfaction rating

35%

4%

External factors impacting on job satisfaction e.g. organisational change

Introduction . of Options 1 and 2

Developing career progression

Development of a framework linked to formal training that will recognise qualification. & reward.

Yvonne Le Brun and Peter Knight

April 2003

Within existing resources

 

Length of time in post

8.0 years

7.6 years

External economic environment

Refinement of the analysis of the staffing profile

Understand & address the extremes of the distribution curve.

Yvonne Le Brun and Peter Knight

October 2002

Within existing resources

 

New senior practitioners in post

Additional 13 senior practitioners in post

check

Identifying and making available sufficient financial resources

Supporting the recruitment of additional senior practitioners

 

April 2003

£52k

 

Number of unqualified. care managers receiving 2 additional pay increments on completion of certificate of competence in care management practice

50% of unqualified care management workforce

0

Identifying and making available sufficient financial resources

   

July 2003

£75k

 

Number of care brokers in post.

7 full time equivalent (f.t.e.).
April 2003

20 f.t.e
April 2004

1

     

April 2003

April 2004

Within existing resources

 

% of vacancies

2% reduction

To be established

External economic environment and labour market

Annual update of the care management staffing profile

Yvonne Le Brun

June 2002

June 2003

2% increase in the staffing costs

 

Reduction in use of agency staff.

£75k

£111k.

 

Analyse data.

Yvonne Le Brun

April 2003

£36k saving

 

Financial reward (honorarium) for singleton practice teachers supporting students

That all eligible practice teachers are financial rewarded for this service

0

Identifying and releasing funds in support of this proposal

Agree protocols and criteria for payment

Yvonne Le Brun

June 2003

£36k expenditure

 

Performance Indicator

Performance Target

Current Performance

Barrier to achieving performance target

Action

Officer Responsible

Target Date

Cost (+/-) / Resource Implications

Ref.

Number of care managers linked / attached prim. health care

20%

7%

Winning the active support of colleagues in Primary Health.

Staff apprehension of further organisational change

Proactively work with colleagues in Primary Health

Yvonne Le Brun,
Partnership Manager's &
County Manager's

April 2003

Within existing resources

 

Introduction of single assessment for older people

100% for O.P.

0

Number of different health organisations with whom protocols must be agreed

Development of policy

Andrew Brooker

April 2003

Within existing resources

 

Protocol for sharing client and records

Agreement and implementation of protocol

In development.

Data protection

Caldicott issues

Suspicion of other organisation's culture

Development of information sharing protocols

Ken Howard / Steve Mason

April 2004

Within existing resources

 

Performance Indicator

Performance Target

Current Performance

Barrier to achieving performance target

Action

Officer Responsible

Target Date

Cost (+/-) / Resource Implications

Ref.

Number of clients offered a specialist service

75% of the population of Hampshire to be offered a specialist financial assessment service

13% of the population of Hampshire are covered by this scheme

 

Creation of specialist financial assessment teams to cover:

Alton / Aldershot

Basingstoke

Eastleigh / Romsey

Fareham / Gosport

Havant / Petersfield

New Forest

Yvonne Le Brun

Deputy County Treasurer.

July 2003

Financial projections indicate that the running costs of the service will be met through increases in revenue from client charging

 

Amount of additional revenue generated for the Department

1.5 % increase in the amount of revenue to the Department through charging

98% of potential revenue from charging clients is recouped

Recruitment to posts

Recruiting, inducting and supporting specialist financial assessors

Updating of protocols and processes in the care management system

Yvonne Le Brun

Deputy County Treasurer

July 2003

Nil effect - increased revenue used to offset cost of operating this service

 

Proportion of available care management time spent on charging issues

3% of available care management time (427 hours per week)

8% of available care management time (1140 hours per week)

Deployment of specialist finance assessors across the County

Recruiting, inducting and supporting specialist financial assessors

Updating of protocols and processes in the care management system

Yvonne Le Brun

Deputy County Treasurer

 

Gain of 713 hours per week of available care management