Derbyshire Healthy Home Project (DHHP) Consultation Results and Future Recommendation

November 14, 2024 Cabinet (Cabinet collective) Key decision Approved View on council website

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Summary

...to transition administration of ECO4 Flex Declarations, develop an energy efficiency advice webpage, simplify the Derbyshire Healthy Home offer, approve new eligibility criteria for home clearance and deep cleaning, create a collaborative working group for addressing housing hazards, and commence a formal consultation with staff regarding service remodelling.

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Purpose

Reporting the
outcome of the consultation, submitting an Equality Impact Analysis
and offering a future recommendation for the service

Decision

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RESOLVED
to:

 

    Note the plan to transition the
ECO4 Flex Declarations administration role (Grade 8) from Adult
Care to DCC Public Health to specifically support the ECO4 Flex
declaration process;

 

    Note that a comprehensive
information and advice webpage would be developed to support people
with energy efficiency advice and signpost to appropriate
external organisations;

 

    Agree that the Derbyshire Healthy
Home offer was simplified to focus on a core offer as described in
Section 5.17 of the report;

 

    Approve the implementation of a new
eligibility criteria for Derbyshire County Council funded home
clearance and deep cleaning activity necessitated due to hazardous
home conditions that was focused on supporting adults with eligible
health and social care needs in accordance with the duties of the
Care Act (2014) as outlined in paragraph 5.19 of the
report;

 

    Note that a collaborative working
group involving Joined Up Care Derbyshire system partners,
including District and Borough representatives, would be created
with the intention of developing a shared process to address
Category 2 hazards under the Housing Act 2004 Health and Housing
Hazard Rating System (HHHRS) to be operational from June
2026 onwards; and

 

    Note that a formal consultation
with staff and trade unions representing staff affected by the
remodelling of the service would commence and every effort be made
to assist employees in seeking suitable alternative roles to
minimise the number of redundancies.

 

 

Related Meeting

Cabinet - Thursday, 14 November 2024 2.00 pm on November 14, 2024

Supporting Documents

Appendix 3 for Derbyshire Healthy Home Project DHHP Consultation Results and Future Recommendation.pdf
Appendix 4 for Derbyshire Healthy Home Project DHHP Consultation Results and Future Recommendation.pdf
Derbyshire Healthy Home Project DHHP Consultation Results and Future Recommendation.pdf
Appendix 2 Consultation Report.pdf

Details

OutcomeRecommendations Approved
Decision date14 Nov 2024
Subject to call-inYes