Agenda and decisions

RESOLVED:

That the Care Home Sustainability and Quality report be noted.

RESOLVED:

That the report on Managing Demand in Adult Social Care be noted.

a)    That the report on proposed changes to the Council’s Charging for Social Care and Support Policy be noted and supported.

b)    That the Director of Adults and Communities be requested to check that property owned abroad for the purposes of meeting the threshold for residential care was taken into account and to amend the Policy as necessary to make reference to this.

[Subsequent to the meeting, the Director of Adults and Communities confirmed that capital could include property and land in the UK or abroad and appropriate reference has now been made in the Policy to address this as requested by the Committee.]

RESOLVED:

a)    That the report on the Lightbulb Service Business Case be noted and welcomed;

b)    That the Cabinet be advised that the Committee unanimously supported Option 3: All in as the preferred approach.

c)     That the Cabinet be asked to make representation to Government seeking a change in the rules to allow for more flexibility in how local authorities could use Disabled Facilities Grants (DFGs) monies to better support residents.

RESOLVED:

a)    That the update report on Archives, Collections and Learning Centre be noted and welcomed;

b)    That the Cabinet be advised that the Committee unanimously supported the proposals for the new Centre, but suggested that the project commence at the earliest possible stage to enable savings on leased and owned buildings to be made.

The next meeting of the Commission is scheduled to take place on Monday 22 January 2024, at 2.00pm.