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Jeff Jones declared a personal interest.
No declarations were made.
Panel agreed the Minutes of the meeting on 28 January 2025 as an accurate record of the meeting.
Letter to Cabinet Member following the meeting on 28 January 2025 and the response were noted.
No questions were received.
Kelly Gillings, Regional Director of Transformation updated the Panel on the work programme over the last year including governance arrangements, the Area Plan, engagement, progress, finance and infographics on outcomes for 2023-24. Discussion Points: · Regional Partnership Board has £18.9m to spend across the region in 2024-25. with the Communities and Older People Programme getting by far the largest percentage, however, the children’s programme is increasing in financial status. · Panel heard about Learning Disabilities programme and the work they are doing on transport. A video was shared of a workshop that was held between people with learning disabilities and transport providers to try and make transport more accessible. · Panel asked questions about disaggregating Communities and Older People from the main Programme; if any learning opportunities had emerged as a result of the programmes; the size of the Transformation Team and the workload; resolving disputes, helping volunteers with needs to participate.
Amy Hawkins, Head of Adult Services attended to brief the Panel on the Performance Monitoring Report for March 2025 and reflected on 2023-24 performance. Discussion Points: · Panel informed it has been a year of increased demand but the transformation strategies, particularly around prevention, prioritising resources and promoting independence have started to show through in the performance results. · Directorate has a new approach since January 2025 around Community Well-being Officers which is supporting individuals with community wellbeing plans and up to 6 weeks of support to identify and signpost opportunities in their communities and link up with projects that are existing. · Panel pleased to hear that in terms of externally commissioned domiciliary care, at end of March 2025 there were 13 individuals waiting for a package of care, a reduction of 74% compared with the same period in 2024. · Director of Social Services stated Cabinet and Council have agreed to base budget planning on delivery of target operating models going forward and suggested the Panel keep this in mind when it looks at the transformation programme going forward. · Panel discussed how there has been huge progress made over the years to minimise the number of people with mental disabilities consigned to institutionalised forms of care and to develop community alternatives. · Panel asked questions about the long term vision for domiciliary care; if the Service is aware of why certain geographical areas, demographics of society, age profiles and different lifestyles etc have come to the Service at different times for different needs, stretch targets to be set going forward.
Louise Gibbard, Cabinet Member for Care Services provided an update to the Panel for each relevant policy commitment on the activity undertaken and progress made during 2024-25. Discussion Points: · Report states Adult Services vision is “Working alongside you to live well and safely in our community” and there is a three-pronged approach to achieve this, which focusses on prevention, promoting independence and prioritising resources. · Panel heard it continues to be a challenging time in terms of demand and complexity of demand and financial pressures, but good progress is still being made due to the hard work and commitment of staff. · One of the policy commitments for 2022-27 was that Swansea Council will commit to investing £750m for better care. Panel asked about the time period for this and where the figure comes from.
Panel Members reviewed the year 2024-25 on the Adult Services Panel and made a number of comments under the following headings: · What went well? · What, if anything, could be done better? · Has the Panel’s work focused on the right things? · What have we learnt that will help us to improve and develop future scrutiny? Two items to be added to Work Plan 2025-26 - Transport for Day Centres; and Local Area Coordination update, particularly the new structure. The Work Plan for 2025-26 will be drafted and circulated to Members. Final version to be agreed at next meeting on 9 July 2025.
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