Minutes for Cabinet Member - Health and Social Care meeting, Mar 17 2010, 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.

No declarations of interest were received.

RESOLVED:

That the minutes of the meeting held on 17 February be confirmed as a correct record.

Report of the Strategic Director - Social Care and Well-Being

The Cabinet Member considered the report of the Strategic Director - Social Care and Wellbeing on the Sefton Dementia Strategy (the Strategy), and indicating that a decision on the matter was required to progress implementation.

The report indicated that the Strategy had been developed in response to the National Dementia Strategy – “Living well with dementia”; that the national strategy included 3 key themes, namely raising awareness, early assessment and diagnosis and living well with dementia; and that 17 objectives in support of the themes had been developed to ensure local access to services for people with dementia and carers. As a result of a multi agency approach to developing a Strategy for Sefton, 5 key priorities had been developed with a view to completion in 2012.

RESOLVED:

That the content detailed in the report be approved, and adoption of the Sefton Dementia Strategy be endorsed.

Report of the Strategic Director - Social Care and Well-Being

The Cabinet Member considered the report of the Strategic Director - Social Care and Wellbeing, seeking approval for the targets, aims and objectives for Year 3 in relation to the Transforming Social Care Agenda.

RESOLVED:

That the targets of the report in relation to Year 3 of the Transforming Social Care Agenda be approved.

Report of the Strategic Director - Social Care and Well-Being

The Cabinet Member considered the report of the Strategic Director Social Care and Wellbeing seeking approval for the completed Transforming Community Services Strategy – “Bridging the Gap” – which constituted part of the Transforming Social Care – NHS Sefton Workstream.

RESOLVED:

That contents of the report be approved.

The Cabinet Member reported that this would be the last Cabinet Member – Health and Social Care meeting, the Head of Adult Social Services, Peter Pattenden, would be attending prior to his retirement.

The Cabinet Member and Councillors Brennan and D.Rimmer paid tribute to the sterling work undertaken by Peter for the Social Care and Well Being Department and Borough of Sefton.

RESOLVED:

That the thanks and appreciation of the Cabinet Member – Health and Social Care and Party Spokespersons be extended to the Head of Adult Social Services, Peter Pattenden for the work he had undertaken for the Council and Borough of Sefton and best wishes be extended to him for future success in the coming years.