Issue - meetings

To consider the report of the Director of Adult Social Services on the progress made in delivering the options approved by Executive Board in September 2011 in respect of Day Care services for older people, whilst seeking the Board’s approval to undertake a formal consultation exercise on the proposed options for the future of those day centres where no recommendations were made as part of the first phase of this programme. 

Further to Minute No. 67, 7^th September 2011, the Director of Adult Social Services submitted a report on the progress which had been made in delivering the options approved by Executive Board in September 2011 in respect of Day Care services for older people. In addition, the report also sought the Board’s approval to undertake a formal consultation exercise on the proposed options for the future of those day centres where no recommendations had been made as part of the first phase of this programme.

RESOLVED –

(a)  That the contents of the submitted report be noted with the progress

made so far in implementing the options approved by the Executive Board in September the future of the Council’s day centres for older people being recognised.

(b)  That having noted that detailed consultation with those directly affected took place as part of the ‘Future Options for Long Term Residential and Day Care for Older People’ review in 2011, approval be given for the commencement of consultation on the proposed options, as outlined within paragraph 5 of the submitted report, to be carried out in the same way. (This will also take into account the benefits from lessons learned and the insights gained from the consultation undertaken in 2011).

(Under the provisions of Council Procedure Rule 16.5, Councillor A Carter required it to be recorded that he abstained from voting on the decisions referred to within this minute)