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9.1

The
Assistant Director for Living, Ageing Well and Short Term Support
introduced the report which provided the committee with an update
on Technology Enabled Care (TEC) aligned to our Strategy Delivery
Plan.

9.2

RESOLVED UNANIMOUSLY: That the Adult Health and Social Care Policy
Committee:-

Approve the proposed Commissioning Strategy for the Technology
Enabled Care (TEC) Service.
Approve the aligned TEC Services Delivery Model including the
procurement of a Strategic Partner.
Note
the work being undertaken on the review of the TEC Charging Policy
which is being supported by robust engagement with all
stakeholders.
Note
the work being undertaken to complete the service review and
re-design of Citywide Care Alarms (CWCA): to ensure that the
service is affordable, self[1]funding, and delivers the best possible
outcomes for customers.

e.   
Note the work being undertaken to support the
introduction of AI across Adult Care and Wellbeing, with an AI
Business Case scheduled to go to the Corporate Digital
Transformation Board in March 2025
f.     
Note the work undertaken in Sheffield with the TSA
is being recognised nationally in published guidance around best
practice in TEC enabled care and highlights Sheffield as an
innovator

9.3

Reasons for Decision

9.3.1

TEC
enables a range of people to be able to continue to live
independently, safe, and well in their own home improving quality
of life and supports the delivery of the Adult Health & Social
Care Strategy Living the Life you want to Live. TEC services
deliver benefits, including preventing, delaying, and reducing the
need for more intrusive and costly care, demand management, the
optimisation of care packages, supporting early discharge from
hospital, and preventing avoidable admissions.

9.3.2

The new
TEC Model will further our ambition to create a Joint TEC
Commissioning Strategy across Health and Social that enables the
combination of proactive, reactive, and in-person care with the aim
of delivering whole system benefits.

9.3.3

The new
Charging Policy will ensure that the TEC services are sustainable
and accessible to those people often in most need helping to
address health inequalities.

9.4

Alternatives Considered and Rejected

9.4.1

Alternative Option 1: Do
Nothing
 
The
financial impact associated with the current CWCA service overspend
dictates the need for change, with the current service operating at
the periphery of adult social care being unable to realise the
financial and non-financial benefits. The opportunities to deliver
benefits to people in receipt of care would also be
missed.

9.4.2

Alternative Option 2: Consideration of a
regional South Yorkshire Integrated Care System TEC Service
Delivery Model
 
There
is appetite for a regional service delivery model and potentially
delivery economies of scale, with a single Strategic Development
Partner and Alarm Receiving Centre, with assessment, installation,
maintenance, and response services delivered locally by the 4
individual Local Authorities. However, all 4 Local Authorities are
at different stages of development, constrained by varying contract
terms. Given the risks associated with a delay to the
implementation Page 72 of Sheffield’s proposal we have
discounted this option but will support further regional
developments over the coming years.