Archived decisions

79. 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 save for

exercising any right to speak in accordance with

Paragraph 12 of the Code.

Councillor Mrs. Frankum declared a personal interest in

item 7, Violence Against Social Care Staff, in the her

daughter-in law is a care worker.

80. MINUTES

The Minutes of the Committee held on 29 October 2008 were confirmed as a correct record and signed by the Chairman.

Arising thereon:

a. Minute No. 69a Local Involvement Networks (LINks)

The Chairman reported that a joint meeting between this Committee, the Health Overview and Scrutiny Committee and Hampshire LINk was being planned. The Committee received a briefing note updating them on the LINk; it was agreed that further updates would be welcome.

b. Minute No. 70 Mental Health Performance - National Service Framework: Mental Health Act and National User Survey

Additional information about the use of the Mental Health Act and clarification about place of safety arrangements had been circulated to Members. It was agreed that no further action was necessary.

c. Minute No. 71 Independent Mental Capacity Advocacy Service - First Twelve Months

The Chairman read out a letter that she had received from Hampshire Primary Care Trust in response to one she wrote regarding the low level of Health staff referrals under the Mental Health Capacity Act. It was agreed that the letter should be circulated to all Members of the Committee an that the matter be looked at next in October 2009.

d. Minute No. 74 Road Safety

The Chairman read out a letter that she had received from the Executive Member for the Environment relating to the recommendation that Casualty Reduction Partnership Minutes be routinely shared with local Road Safety Councils. It was agreed that the letter should be circulated to all Members of the Committee and no further action be taken.

Councillor Dowden raised a complaint on road safety that had been emailed to all members of the County Council. As this was a formal complaint it was not appropriate that the Committee took any action at this time

81. BROTHELS/ PROSTITUTION IN HAMPSHIRE

The Committee received a briefing note on brothels/

prostitution in Hampshire together with the Home Office

publication `Tackling the Demand for Prostitution: A

Review' (Item 4 in the Minute Book) .Jean Johnson of

Hampshire Women's Institute gave a presentation on

the work that she and the late Shirley Landels had

carried out in conjunction with Chanel 4 television on

brothels and prostitution. The Hampshire Women's

Institute had championed safe working practices for

prostitutes, their health and safety, the aim being to

de-criminalise prostitution. She said that there were

approximately 8,000 prostitutes in the United Kingdom

and approximately 600 brothels in Hampshire. The discussion included consideration of the safety aspects of prostitution in Hampshire, the extent of trafficking for sexual exploitation and other forms of exploitation, whether a prostitution strategy was in place and involving partnership working

82. CHAIRMAN'S COMMUNICATIONS

a. Adult Safeguarding; Elected Members Workshop

and No Secrets Review Consultation

The Chairman reported that she had attended this

workshop with the Executive Member for Adult

Social Care. She said that Dr. David Hunt, Clinical

Lead for Safeguarding Older Adults, Worthing and

Southlands Hospitals NHS Trust had given an

excellent presentation. She suggested that it might

be appropriate for him of one of his colleagues to

give a similar presentation to the Committee. It was

agreed that this should happen.

83. ADULT SERVICES REVENUE BUDGET 2009/10 TO

2011/12

The County Treasurer and Director of Adult Services

presented a report outlining the revised revenue budget for 2008/09 and the revenue budget for 2009/10 to 2011/12 (Item 5 in the Minute Book).

RESOLVED:

That it be a RECOMMENDATION to the Executive Member for Adult Social Care that :

a. The revised budget for 2008/09 totalling £284.7m (as set out in appendices 1 and 2).

b. A planned underspend of £3.9m be carried forward to fund the shortfall in resources required to meet the growth pressures in 2009/10. It is the intention to maximise this underspend in order to provide optimum flexibility required to manage next year's budget pressures.

c. The base budget for 2009/10 totalling £298.8m (as set out in Appendix 3).

d. The proposals for growth totalling £18.5m (as set out in Appendix 4).

e. The proposals for redeployment of resources totalling £8.3m in 2009/10 (as set out in Appendix 4).

f. The proposals for efficiency improvements totalling £8.8m (3.3 % of the base budget) in 2009/10 (as set out in Appendix 5).

g. The annual review of income and charges (as set out in Appendix 6).

h. For Supporting People £3.9m be carried forward for the partnership to future years with £2.2m carried forward to 2010/11 and £1.7m carried forward to 2011/12 to enable spending and resources to be matched.

i. The detailed budget for 2009/10 (as set out in Appendices 7 and 8).

j. The workforce implications of the proposed budget for 2009/10 (as set out in Appendix 9).

k. The provisional budget for 2010/11 of £318.9m and for 2011/12 of £319.3m (as set out in Appendix 10).

be approved for submission to the Leader and the

Cabinet

83. ADULT SERVICES CAPITAL PROGRAMME 2009/10

TO 2011/12

The County Treasurer and Director of Adult Services

presented a report outlining the capital programme

for 2009/10 to 2011/12 (Item 6 in the Minute Book).

RESOLVED:

That it be a RECOMMENDATION to the Executive

Member for Adult Social Care that the Capital

Programme for 2009/2010 to 2011/2012, as set out in

Appendix 1 to the report be approved for submission to

the Leader and the Cabinet.

84 VIOLENCE AGAINST SOCIAL CARE STAFF

The Director of Adult Services presented a report (Item

7 in the Minute Book) summarising the progress made

on:

· Obtaining detailed statistics from Care Managers relating to incidents of violence and aggression.

· Implementing a survey of Care Managers to address their perceptions of the level of violence and aggression encountered in their job.

· On implementing a new incident reporting system for Care Managers.

The types of hazards were outlined, physical abuse

was rare but verbal abuse very common. There had

been difficulties in obtaining precise information

because those incidents that were recorded were

often recorded within case notes rather than

separately on the departmental Incident Reporting

System, with effect from January 2009 all reported

incidents would be recorded in the correct format.

There was a Hampshire Employee Support Line and

all staff who had received aggression, in any form,

were encouraged to use this service. The Chairman expressed some concern that adequate information on all social care staff groups had not been made available

RESOLVED:

That it be a RECOMMENDATION to the Executive

Member for Adult Social Care that Adult Services staff assure her that the management of matters to do with incidents of violence and aggression to social care staff are carried through successfully.

85. SUBSTANCE MISUSE STRATEGY REVIEW

The Director of Adult Services presented a report providing an update on the review that had been taking place on the substance misuse strategic review (Item 8 in the Minute Book). The desired outcome of the review process was to deliver the best possible configuration of drug and alcohol services in the County. These services would be effectively commissioned, properly contracted and monitored to meet the needs and targets and would be affordable within the available budget. The review took place between 2 October 2008 and 2 January 2009 and the Executive Member for Adult Social Care would consider the outcome at her meeting on 20 February 2009. It was agreed that all Members of the Committee should be sent a copy of the report to the Executive Member for Adult Social Care and make any representations that they thought necessary

86. CRIME AND DISORDER SCRUTINY

The Chief Executive presented a briefing paper on the

overview and scrutiny changes associated with the Police and Justice Act 1986 and outlined the general terms of the proposed policy changes (Item 9 in the Minute Book). Councillor Perry, Executive Member for External Relations and Communications and Chairman of the County Community Safety Group had been approached about talking to the Committee, in his capacity as Chairman of the county co-ordinating Group about Crime and Disorder matters County wide . It was agreed that Councillor Perry should be asked to give a presentation to the Committee at the next meeting following the completion of the usual

business of the Committee.

87. CURRENT SCRUTINY REVIEW: PREPARING FOR

AN ELDERLY POPULATION

The Chief Executive presented the proposal for the thematic review of Preparing for an Elderly Population (Item 10 in the Minute Book). The review would focus on how mainstream public services were being provided in Hampshire to support independence later in life. A twelve month timescale was planned for the review and the following Members had been appointed to the review panel:

Councillors:

N. R. G. Clarke

A.G. Dowden

E.J. Neal

Mrs. J.A. Porter

A.W. Rice, TD

Mrs. P.A. West

The first meeting of the Panel was scheduled to take place on 2 February 2009.

88. COMMITTEE'S WORK PROGRAMME

The Chief Executive presented the Committee's Work

Programme (Item 11 in the Minute Book).

RESOLVED:

That the Committee's Work Programme be approved

subject to the issues raised at this meeting and time be given at the next meeting of the Committee to review progress during 2008/09 and well as the forward plan for 2009/10.

The Chief Executive to request further LINk updates

The Chief Executive circulates a copy of the Primary Care Trust's letter to all Members of the Committee.

The Chief Executive circulates a copy of the Executive Member for the Environment's letter to all Members of the Committee

The Chairman writes to Jean Johnson thanking her for her presentation.

The Chairman writes to the Chief Constable for information about the safety aspects of prostitution in Hampshire and the extent of partnership working.

The Chief Executive invites Dr. David Hunt to give a presentation to the next meeting of the Committee

All Members of the Committee be sent the report to the Executive member for Adult Social Care on the Substance Misuse Strategy Review and make any representations to the Executive Member thought necessary.

Councillor Perry be invited to make a presentation to the Committee on 24 April 2009.