To receive any apologies for absence.

Apologies for absence were received from Councillor McCarthy and Kate Jones.

Members are required to declare any disclosable pecuniary, personal or personal and prejudicial interests they may have and the nature of those interests relating to items on this agenda and/or indicate if S106 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992 applies to them.   

Councillor Dutton declared a personal interest in the Agenda item relating to the SEND update as a governor of a Special Needs school.

To determine whether there are any additional items of business which, by reason of special circumstances, the Chair decides should be considered at the meeting as a matter of urgency.

There were no urgent items of business.

To consider the Minutes of the meeting of Health, Schools and Care Overview and Scrutiny Committee held 17^th September 2019.

Resolved:

1.    That the Minutes of the meeting of the Health Schools and Care Overview and Scrutiny Committee held on 17^th September 2019 be approved and signed as a correct record.

Mr S. Taylor (Chief Officer) and Dr S. McCallum (Medical Director) to present on services provided

Resolved:

1.    That this item be deferred until a future meeting of the Committee.

The Committee to scrutinise the Bury and Rochdale Youth Justice Plan 2019 - 2021

The Committee scrutinised the report of the Director of Children’s Services which presented the Youth Justice Plan 2019/21 and highlighted some of the key achievements in reducing re-offending during 2018/19.  The report also provided the areas for improvement that the service would focus upon during the next period, as set out in the Service Improvement Plan appended to the report.

Resolved:

1.    That the Bury and Rochdale Youth Justice Plan 2019 – 2021 be noted.

To consider an update relating to Special Educational Needs.

The Committee scrutinised the report of the Director of Children’s Services which provided information on numbers and costs of Rochdale children with special education needs who are travelling out of borough to access education. This report summarised government reported data to January 2019 and council SEN projected spend up to the 2019/20 financial year.

Resolved:

1.    That the SEND update be noted.

To consider recommending the Disabled Facilities Grants and Associated Assistance Policy for publication.

The Committee scrutinised the report of the Director of Adult Care which provided an update in relation to Disabled Facilities Grants (DFG) which are governed by the Housing Grants Construction and Regeneration Act 1996.  The legislation is quite specific in certain aspects, but more open to interpretation in others.  The Disabled Facilities Grants and Associated Assistance Policy has been written to clarify how the legislation will be implemented and formalises what is currently custom and practice.

Resolved:

1.    That the Disabled Facilities Grants and Associated Assistance Policy be noted and supported for publication.

To consider the Adult Care Market Oversight and Sufficiency Report, for  Quarter Two, 2019/2020 (July – September 2019/2020)

The Committee scrutinised a report which provided details of the Adult Care Service commissions external provider services to deliver a range of care services to adults with eligible social care needs and that the Adult Care commissioning team assures the quality of these services.

The Committee had requested quarterly updates on quality assurance information for the services commissioned by the Adult Care service. Appendix 1 of the report provided the information for quarter two in 2019/20 July – September 2019.

Resolved:

1.    That the Adult Care Market Oversight and Sufficiency report be noted.

To consider performance targets in the Adults, Children’s and Public Health Directorates.

The Committee scrutinised a report which reported progress at the end of Quarter 2 (1st July – 30th September 2019) towards achievement of the targets contained in the Adult Care Directorate Plan 2019-20, Children’s Services Directorate Plan 2019-20 and Public Health Directorate Plan 2019-20.

Resolved:

1.    That the Adult, Children & Public Health Directorate Plans 2019-20 Quarter 2 Performance Update be noted.

To note the minutes of the meeting of the Joint Scrutiny Committee, for Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust, held 15^th October 2019.

Resolved:

1.    That the Minutes of the meeting of the Joint Scrutiny Committee for Pennine Care (Mental Health) Trust held on 15^th October 2019 be noted.

To consider the Committee’s Work Programme for 2019/2020.

The Committee considered a report which presented the Committee’s Work Programme 2019/2020.

Resolved:

1.    That the Work Programme 2019/2020 report be noted.