Issue - items at meetings - The Adult Social Care Local Account

Report of Director of Adult Social Services/Lead Commissioner People (copy attached).

(1)       That the Local account be approved for publication and further consultation.

(2)       That following full consultation a further report is brought to the Cabinet Member Meeting or relevant committee meeting in June 2012.

35.1    The Cabinet Member considered a report of the Director of Adult Social Services/Lead Commissioner People which outlined the approach taken in Brighton & Hove to the voluntary publication of a “Local Account” in 2011/12 and included a draft “Local Account” document (appendix 1) that could be published as part of a continuing programme of consultation. 

35.2    From 2012/13, the Department of Health and the “Promoting Excellence in Councils’ Adult Social Care Programme Board” were proposing that every social services department published a “local account” each year.  

35.3    The Director of Adult Social Services reported that by the time the report was produced next year, consultation would have been carried out and feedback received.  The matter had been discussed at the Adult Social Care & Housing Overview and Scrutiny Committee held on 12 January 2012.   

35.4    The Cabinet Member stated that the discussion at the Scrutiny Committee had been useful.  He stressed the importance of the local account being easy to read and not having too many tables.

35.5    Councillor Norman agreed that there had been useful comments from the members of the Adult Social Care & Housing Overview and Scrutiny Committee.

35.6    RESOLVED – (1) That the Local account be approved for publication and further consultation.

(2)       That a further report be received in 2012 with proposals on the future process for delivering an annual Local Account.