Issue - meetings

To consider the joint report of the Director of Children’s Services and the Director of Adult Social Care outlining proposals regarding the procurement and implementation of children’s social care information systems and associated business changes. The report also seeks approval to defer the decision to procure systems for Adult Social Care. 

Appendix 1 to this report is designated as exempt under Access to Information Procedure Rule 10.4(3).

Further to Minute No. 14, 22^nd June 2010, the Director of Children’s Services and the Director of Adult Social Care submitted a joint report outlining proposals regarding the procurement and implementation of children’s social care information systems and associated business changes. The report also seeks approval to defer the decision to procure systems for Adult Social Care. 

Following consideration of appendix 1 to the submitted report, designated as exempt under Access to Information Procedure Rule 10.4(3), which was considered in private at the conclusion of the meeting, it was

RESOLVED -

(a)  That approval be given to incur expenditure as detailed within appendix 1 of the submitted report, in order to procure and implement social care solutions for Children’s Services.

(b)  That approval be given to defer the decision to procure new solutions for Adult Social Care until spring/summer 2011, taking into consideration the potential costs, as outlined within section 9.0 of the submitted report, that will be required to be provided within the Council’s capital programme in order to deliver this.

(c)  That regular update reports be submitted to Executive Board in due course in order to enable the Board to monitor the progress being made in respect of this initiative.