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REPORT OF THE

CABINET/LEADER

PART II

ADULT SERVICES STRATEGIC UPDATE

At its meeting on 27 April 2009 Cabinet received a strategic update report on Adult Services covering the following broad headings (i) Transformation; (ii) Care Governance and Safeguarding, (iii) Finance and efficiency and (iv) Risks and Challenges. A substantial programme of change is underway within Adult Services which is part of a long term national strategy to reform Adult Social Care. Good progress is being made with a range of transformation projects, many of which are aligned with the Hampshire Model.

The Hampshire model builds on the report and recommendation of the Hampshire Commission on Personalisation and some workstreams, such as Self Directed Support (SDS), are already in progress. Further roll out of the workstreams that can be introduced without changes to national legislation began in April 2009, with staggered implementation planned throughout 2009/10 and future years. A long term plan outlining detailed transition activities, longer term changes, timescales, implementation dates and communications is being formulated to support successful delivery.

The six workstreams for implementation in the Hampshire Model that can be progressed without national policy changes relate to the Universal offer, Free crisis care, Self Directed Support (SDS), Carers, User led initiatives and Market Development. Work across all areas of service delivery are focussing on governance and risk, finance and resources, quality and performance, workforce and practice, partnerships, engagement, communications, and infrastructure so that the Hampshire Model is implemented and managed effectively.

Outside of the Hampshire Model, several major modernisation projects are also underway in Adult Social Care. These cover a wide range of issues including Learning Disability Integration, the NHS Transfer of Learning Disability Services, Extra-care housing, Common Assessment Framework and Safeguarding.

Consultation with service users, carers, partner agencies, the PCT and education and training providers underpins all of the developmental work currently being undertaken.. Allied to strengthened cross departmental working this is helping to develop new ways of working for the delivery of Adult Social Care that will support the extension of personalisation of services.

Despite the breadth of modernisation and transformation activity being undertaken, Adult Services has sustained three star, top level performance. Efficiency improvements to the value £19.7m have been delivered in the last two financial years, plus £8.5m forecast in 2008/09 and £ 8.3m planned in 2009/10. All of these efficiency savings have been reinvested back into transforming social care services. The Department has also made a significant contribution to the Corporate Services procurement efficiency review.

Cabinet fully endorsed the direction of travel for the implementation of the Hampshire Model and the other Adult Social Care transformation projects highlighted in the report at /decisions/decisions-docs/090427-cabine-R0420102004