Purpose

Report on the conclusions of the assessment of
adult social care in Northumberland by the Care Quality
Commission’s (CQC), following their visit in August 2024.
(Cabinet date dependent on when final report is
received.)

Content

RESOLVED
that Cabinet note the report for information,
and in particular, it be noted that:
(a)      CQC’s assessment of
the Council’s delivery of its adult social care duties is
among the most positive assessments that they have so far
published.  The report makes
particularly encouraging comments on the Council’s
partnership arrangements with other organisations;
(b)      The report assesses the
Council’s performance as “good” in seven of the
nine domains which it covers.  The two
domains in which it says that the evidence considered by CQC
“shows some shortfalls” were both identified as
priorities for improvement in a position statement that was
published by the Council earlier this year as the starting point
for a broad conversation with service users, carers, staff and
partner organisations about priorities for adult social care over
the next three years; and
(c)      Consolidated action plans
are being developed to address priorities for improvement
identified through the CQC report and through the local
conversation which the position statement initiated.