In light of the present financial challenges faced by Southern Cross Care Providers, concerns raised about private sector care standards in a private care hospital exposed by a recent Panorama programme and the Dilnot Commission on funding of care and support which is to report its recommendations next month, this Council agrees to withdraw its proposals to consider closing its residential care homes across the City Council area.
R FINNIGAN
Minutes:
It was moved by Councillor R Finnigan, seconded by S Golton that in light of the present financial challenges faced by Southern Cross Care Providers, concerns raised about private sector care standards in a private care hospital exposed by a recent Panorama programme and the Dilnot Commission on funding of care and support which is to report its recommendations next month, this Council agrees to withdraw its proposals to consider closing its residential care homes across the City Council area.
An amendment was moved by Councillor G Latty, seconded by Councillor Lobley, to delete all after “this Council” and replace with:
believes that a new approach to funding and delivery of social care is required.
“Council further believes that across the country, care standards in both public and privately operated care homes have, in some cases, been unacceptable and calls on the Care Quality Commission (CQC) to improve its approach to inspecting these facilities with a view to improving the overall standard of elderly care provided in residential care homes.
This Council understands the significant cost implications of continuing to deliver an “in-house” focused residential care service for the city’s older people alongside the urgent need to improve and rationalise Council owned facilities to meet decent standards and believes that through effective consultation with service users and their families a more financially sustainable service model can be achieved.”
Under the provisions of Council Procedure Rule 14.11, with the consent of the seconder and of Council, Councillor Yeadon withdrew the amendment in her name.
The amendment in the name of Councillor G Latty was carried and, upon being put as the substantive motion, it was
RESOLVED – That in light of the present financial challenges faced by Southern Cross Care Providers, concerns raised about private sector care standards in a private care hospital exposed by a recent Panorama programme and the Dilnot Commission on funding of care and support which is to report its recommendations next month, this Council believes that a new approach to funding and delivery of social care is required.
Council further believes that across the country, care standards in both public and privately operated care homes have, in some cases, been unacceptable and calls on the Care Quality Commission (CQC) to improve its approach to inspecting these facilities with a view to improving the overall standard of elderly care provided in residential care homes.
This Council understands the significant cost implications of continuing to deliver an “in-house” focused residential care service for the city’s older people alongside the urgent need to improve and rationalise Council owned facilities to meet decent standards and believes that through effective consultation with service users and their families a more sustainable service model can be achieved.
On the requisition of Councillors Finnigan and Matthews, the voting on the amendments was recorded as follows:-
YES
Akhtar, Anderson, Armitage, Atha, Atkinson, Blake, Bruce, J L Carter, Castle, Charlwood, Cohen, Collins, Congreve, Coulson, Davey, Dawson, Dobson, Dowson, Driver, Dunn, Feldman, Fox, Gabriel, P Grahame, R Grahame, Groves, Gruen, S Hamilton, Hanley, Hardy, G Harper, J Harper, Harrand, A Hussain, G Hyde, W Hyde, Illingworth, Iqbal, Jarosz, Khan, Lamb, G Latty, P Latty, J Lewis, R Lewis, Lobley, Lowe, Lyons, MacNiven, Maqsood, Marjoram, A McKenna, J McKenna, Mitchell, Morgan, Mulherin, Murray, Nash, Ogilvie, Parker, J Procter, Rafique, Renshaw, Robinson, Selby, Taggart, E Taylor, Wadsworth, Wakefield, Walshaw, Wilkinson, Yeadon.
72
NO
Bentley, A Blackburn, Campbell, Chapman, Chastney, Downes, Elliott, Finnigan, Gettings, Golton, M Hamilton, Harris, Kirkland, Leadley, Matthews, Pryke, Townsley, Varley, Wilson.
19
ABSTAIN
0
On the requisition of Councillors Finnigan and Leadley, the voting on the substantive motion was recorded as follows:-
YES
Akhtar, Anderson, Armitage, Atha, Atkinson, Blake, Bruce, J L Carter, Castle, Charlwood, Cohen, Collins, Congreve, Coulson, Davey, Dawson, Dobson, Dowson, Driver, Dunn, Feldman, Fox, Gabriel, P Grahame, R Grahame, Groves, Gruen, S Hamilton, Hanley, Hardy, G Harper, J Harper, Harrand, A Hussain, G Hyde, W Hyde, Illingworth, Iqbal, Jarosz, Khan, Lamb, G Latty, P Latty, J Lewis, R Lewis, Lobley, Lowe, Lyons, MacNiven, Maqsood, Marjoram, A McKenna, J McKenna, Mitchell, Morgan, Mulherin, Murray, Nash, Ogilvie, Parker, J Procter, Rafique, Renshaw, Robinson, Selby, Taggart, E Taylor, Wadsworth, Wakefield, Walshaw, Wilkinson, Yeadon.
72
NO
Bentley, A Blackburn, Campbell, Chapman, Chastney, Downes, Elliott, Finnigan, Gettings, Golton, M Hamilton, Harris, Kirkland, Leadley, Matthews, Pryke, Townsley, Varley, Wilson.
19
ABSTAIN
0