Purpose

Following the CQC inspection of the delivery of the Council's Care Act duties, this paper proposes an updated improvement plan that includes addressing the findings of the CQC.

Decision

RESOLVED that

(a)  the progress made and being made in key areas since the CQC inspection took place, set out in section 3.6 of the report, be noted;

(b)  the requirements of the Department of Health and Social Care for councils rated ‘Requires Improvement’ by the Care Quality Commission, and the fact that the submission presents the Council’s existing improvement priorities in the required national template rather than creating a separate programme of work, be noted; and that

(c)  the proposal that assurance of IASC improvement progress be reported through the Health and Adult Care Scrutiny Committee, including receiving the improvement plan and the subsequent quarterly progress reports submitted to the Department of Health and Social Care, be agreed.