Minutes for Cabinet Member - Health and Social Care meeting, Sep 16 2009, 12.00PM official page

No apologies for absence were received.

Members and Officers are requested to give notice of any personal or prejudicial interest and the nature of that interest, relating to any item on the agenda in accordance with the relevant Code of Conduct.

The following declaration of interest was received:

Member

Minute No

Interest

Action

Cllr Brennan

32 – Supporting People Inspection 2009

Personal – Member of Equalities CDW team

Took part in the consideration of the item

RESOLVED:

That the minutes of the meeting held on 2 September 2009 be confirmed as a correct record.

Report of the Strategic Director of Health and Social Care

The Cabinet Member considered the report of the Strategic Director of Health and Social Care outlining the forecasted expenditure position, based on information as at the 31 July 2009, in relation to the Health and Social Care Portfolio’s 2009/10 Revenue Budget and Capital Programme.

The report also sought a view on whether any comments should be made to the Cabinet regarding the overall performance of Portfolio’s Revenue Budget and the schemes within the Capital Programme.

RESOLVED: That

(1)               progress on the Health and Social Care Portfolio’s revenue budgets that are subject to risk-based monitoring be noted; and

(2)               the position regarding the need for the Strategic Director of Health and Social Care to find savings to offset identified overspends be noted; and

(3)               progress made on the schemes within the portfolio’s element of the Council’s Capital Programme be noted.

Joint report of the Strategic Director of Health and Social Care and Director of Finance and Information Services

The Cabinet Member considered the joint report of the Strategic Director of Health and Social Care and the Director of the Finance and Information Services, that notified of the final 2008/09 outturn position for the Health and Social Care Portfolio; and seeking views on whether there were any issues arising from the 2008/9 accounts for the portfolio which should be referred to the Overview and Scrutiny Committee (Health and Social Care).

RESOLVED: That

(1)               the Portfolio’s revenue expenditure outturn for 2008/9 be noted;

(2)               the Portfolio’s capital expenditure outturn for 2008/9 be noted; and

(3)               the Portfolio’s actual performance indicators for 2008/9 be noted.

Report of the Strategic Director Health and Social Care

The Cabinet Member considered the report of the Strategic Director of Health and Social Care outlining the findings of the Audit Commission’s re-inspection of Sefton’s Supporting People programme as detailed within Annex A and B to the report.  An action plan had been developed following the initial inspection.  Many of the actions had already been completed before the re-inspection with the remainder to be completed by the end of the year.

The Cabinet Member asked that elected Members’ thanks be passed to all the staff who had continued to improve the service.

RESOLVED: That

(1)               the report of the Audit Commission on the re-inspection of Sefton’s Supporting People programme be noted; and

(2)               the recommendations being addressed through inclusion in the Supporting People Service Plan be approved.

The Cabinet Member advised the meeting that this would be the last meeting of the Portfolio ay Roberts, Committee Administrator, would be servicing prior to her commencing duties within the Committee and Member Services teams; and that Mr. Ian Williams would be the new Committee Administrator serving meetings of the Portfolio.

RESOLVED:

That the best thanks of the Cabinet Member and spokespersons be extended to Lyndzay Roberts for her dedicated service during the past two years and she be wished every success in dealing with her new duties.