Agenda item

To consider the report of the Director of Adult Social Services detailing proposals regarding the reconfiguration of directly provided mental health day services in Leeds.

Further to Minute No. 140, 15^th December 2010, the Director of Adult Social Services submitted a report detailing proposals with regard to the reconfiguration of in-house mental health day services in Leeds, the undertaking of a recommissioning exercise for day service provision and proposing a review of options regarding the future provision of the supported accommodation services.

The report noted that a full equality impact assessment had been undertaken in respect of the proposals which had been presented for consideration. A copy of the equality impact assessment had been circulated to Board Members for their consideration prior to the meeting.

A revised version of the report which contained amendments to paragraphs 3.1.8, 3.2.5 to 3.2.6 and 7.3 to 7.8 was tabled at the meeting for Board Members’ consideration.

RESOLVED - 

(a)  That the contents of the submitted report be noted.

(b)  That approval be given to the reconfiguration of the directly provided mental health day services along the lines envisaged in the i3 service model, which will consolidate buildings based services on one site, enabling cost efficiencies whilst also delivering a modernised and enlarged community focused service. (Paragraphs 3.1.1 to 3.1.11 of the submitted report refer).

(c)  That in order to assist the process detailed at resolution (b) above, approval be given to beginning a personalised consultation with service users on how their needs are best met within the new service model, with appropriate levels of consultation with staff and Unions following and with service changes to be completed between July and September 2011 in order to allow time to arrive at individual agreements with service users over their future needs and that there be no closures until alternative services are available and in place. (Paragraphs 3.2.1 to 3.2.5 of the submitted report refer).

(d)  That approval be given to the establishment of a Stakeholder Involvement Group as described in paragraph 3.2.5 of the submitted report, which will meet regularly as implementation is put under way.

(e)  That a further report in relation to how the service model has been implemented and how service users have moved into their new support arrangements be submitted to Executive Board in November 2011. 

(f)  That approval be given to the decommissioning of existing mental health day services across the internal and third sectors, and that approval also be given to the tendering of new, modernised services across the care pathway (as detailed within the ‘i3 Project Final Report’), which are fit for purpose, with this beginning in February 2011. (Paragraphs 3.4.1 to 3.4.5 of the submitted report refer).

(g)  That approval be given to the consideration of options for the future provision of supported accommodation services in line with Best Value, with a further report and recommendations being submitted to Executive Board in July 2011. (Paragraphs 3.5.1 to 3.5.3 of the submitted report refer).

(Under the provisions of Council Procedure Rule 16.5, Councillors A Carter and Golton required it to be recorded that they voted against the decisions taken within this minute)