ITEM 2

AT A MEETING of the SOCIAL CARE POLICY REVIEW COMMITTEE of the COUNTY COUNCIL held at The Castle, Winchester on Wednesday, 30 March 2005

PRESENT

Councillors: Mrs. P.G. Banks (Chairman); Jenny Wride (Vice-Chairman);

K.G. Chapman; A.D. Dowden; Mrs. J.K. Frankum; E.F. Gale, MBE;

Mrs. P.G.E. Holden-Brown; Mrs. C.A. Leversha; A.R. Ludlow; Mrs. A.M. McNair-Scott;

Mrs. P.G. Peskett; Mrs. E.F.M. Randall; Mrs. P.A. West.

Also in attendance: Councillors: Felicity Hindson, MBE (Executive Member, Social Care).

219 DECLARATION OF INTEREST

Members were mindful that, where they believed they had a personal or personal prejudicial interest in any matter to be considered at the meeting, they should normally at the time of the debate declare their interest, and having regard to the circumstances described in paragraphs 9, 10, 11 and 12 of the County Council's Code of Conduct, consider whether to leave the meeting whilst the matter was discussed..

Councillor Ludlow declared a personal interest in Items 7, 10 and 12 as he is Chairman of North Hampshire Primary Care Trust.

Councillor Mrs. West declared a personal interest in Item 11 as her daughter-in-law is a paramedic.

220 MINUTES

The Minutes of the meeting of the Committee held on 26 January 2005 were, subject to Councillor Mrs. Leversha being included on the list of members present, confirmed as a correct record and signed by the Chairman.

221 CHAIRMAN'S COMMUNICATIONS

The Chairman reported that the Green Paper on Adult Services had recently been published and was available on the internet.

222 MEMBERS' QUESTIONS

There were no members' questions to this meeting.

223 DEPUTATIONS

There were no deputations to this meeting.

224 SUPPORTING PEOPLE

The Director of Social Services presented a report updating members on the Supporting People Programme (Item 6 in the Minute Book). He gave details of the distribution formula, work being carried out with the County Council Network, the impact on Social Services and legal and constitutional issues. Supporting People remained a positive initiative which provided opportunities for vulnerable people to live independently, receiving the support they need in housing and accommodation of their choosing. The programme in Hampshire was under threat from the overall reduction but even more from the proposed distribution formula which was due to be published by the office of the Deputy Prime Minister in May 2005.

RESOLVED:

That the report be received and a further report be presented to the Committee once the distribution formula had been announced.

225 SERVICES FOR PEOPLE WITH A LEARNING DISABILITY IN HAMPSHIRE

The Director of social Services presented a report advising members of the progress made to date in implementing the 2001 White Paper "Valuing People" and the key challenges ahead (Item 7 in the Minute Book). He outlined the progress made to date, financial resources pressures and opportunities and future developments. Members were concerned at the difficulties people with learning disabilities had in accessing various health services.

RESOLVED:

That:-

(a) The report be received and the significant service developments made to date and the achievements of the staff in implementing the principles of Valuing people be recognised.


(b) A further report be presented to the Committee in due course on specific areas of development as identified in paragraph 6 of the report and giving details action plans on these areas.


(c) The Health Review Committee be requested to look at the possibility of reviewing the provisions of all health services for people with a learning disability.

226 CONSULTATION AND INVOLVEMENT STRATEGY

The Director of Social Services presented a report on the progress of the draft strategy "Completing the Circle" (Item 8 in the Minute Book). He gave details of current examples of good practice.



RESOLVED:

That the report be noted.

227 FAMILY MENTORING SERVICE

The Director of Social Services presented a report outlining plans to introduce Family Mentoring services on a phased basis in the financial year 2005/06, building on earlier work in 2004 (Item 9 in the Minute Book). He gave details of the service and outlined its key objectives, how it would be implemented and the costs.

RESOLVED:

That the report be received and that a further report be presented to the Committee, in due course, on progress and related development proposals.

228 PROPOSED PROGRAMME CARE UNIT FOR CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES - BASINGSTOKE

The Director of Social Services presented a report updating Members on the current position of the programmed care unit in Basingstoke for children with severe disabilities (Item 10 in the Minute Book). The unit would replace existing social care respite services at Verdi Close, Basingstoke and health respite care at Erdsley House, Basingstoke. There would be places for 9 children in the new unit, 5 social care and 4 health care although there would be some flexibility of use according to need.

RESOLVED:

That the report be received.

229 HAMPSHIRE'S INNOVATION FORUM PROJECT

The Director of Social Services presented a report updating members on the Innovation Forum Project which was being developed jointly with the NHS to promote the well-being of frail older people and reduce their need for emergency services (Item 11 in the Minute Book). He gave details of the progress of the project, the development of the methodology and its funding.

RESOLVED:

That the report be received and noted.

230 PROGRESS REPORT OF ENHANCE NURSING CARE INVESTMENT STRATEGY

The Director of Social Services presented a report advising members on the progress of ENHANCE Nursing Care Strategy (Item 12 in the Minute Book).

RESOLVED:

That the report be received and noted.

231 MEMBERS' ATTENDANCE AT CONFERENCES

The Chief Executive presented a report giving details of the conference attended by members since the last meeting of the Committee (Item 13 in the Minute Book).

232 COMMITTEE'S WORK PROGRAMME

The Director of Social Services presented the Committee's forthcoming work programme (Item 14 in the Minute Book).

RESOLVED:

That the report be noted.

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