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Apologies for Absence To receive any apologies for absence. Minutes: Apologies were received from Councillors Martin Boiles and Tonia Craig. Councillor Lance Quantrill attended as Conservative Deputy. Also present at the invitation of the Chairman: Councillor Liz Fairhurst, Executive Member for Adult Social Care and Health, and Councillor Judith Grajewski, Executive Member for Public Health.
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Declarations of Interest All Members who believe they have a Disclosable Pecuniary Interest in any matter to be considered at the meeting must declare that interest and, having regard to the circumstances described in Part 3 Paragraph 1.5 of the County Council's Members' Code of Conduct, leave the meeting while the matter is discussed, save for exercising any right to speak in accordance with Paragraph 1.6 of the Code. Furthermore all Members with a Non-Pecuniary interest in a matter being considered at the meeting should consider whether such interest should be declared, and having regard to Part 5, Paragraph 2 of the Code, consider whether it is appropriate to leave the meeting while the matter is discussed, save for exercising any right to speak in accordance with the Code. Minutes: Members were mindful that where they believed they had a Disclosable Pecuniary Interest in any matter considered at the meeting they must declare that interest at the time of the relevant debate and, having regard to the circumstances described in Part 3, Paragraph 1.5 of the County Council's Members' Code of Conduct, leave the meeting while the matter was discussed, save for exercising any right to speak in accordance with Paragraph 1.6 of the Code. Furthermore Members were mindful that where they believed they had a Non-Pecuniary interest in a matter being considered at the meeting they considered whether such interest should be declared, and having regard to Part 5, Paragraph 2 of the Code, considered whether it was appropriate to leave the meeting whilst the matter was discussed, save for exercising any right to speak in accordance with the Code. No declarations were made.
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Minutes of Previous Meeting PDF 332 KB To confirm the minutes of the previous meeting. Minutes: The Minutes of the meeting of the Health and Adult Social Care Select Committee (HASC) held on 8 October 2019 were confirmed as a correct record and signed by the Chairman.
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Deputations To receive any deputations notified under Standing Order 12. Minutes: The Committee received a deputation regarding the Orchard Close Respite Centre (Item 6) from Kathleen Tong (Parent of a Service User): Mrs Tong read a statement on behalf of several parent carers on the Working Group, reflecting some of their views after careful review and consideration of the options. She thanked all the volunteer organizations for their help and all users, carers, and staff for their role in the consultation and engagement feedback. She shared the parent carers’ passionate views about Orchard Close – a valued service and a jewel in Hampshire’s disability crown. Parent carers are largely supportive of recommendations and understand the need for the proposed changes. Should the financial future be brighter, further maintenance and upgrades can be made with more activities and better experiences. They favoured the proposed reduction over sale of beds and appreciate the effort for revenue generation from other options. They recognized that further savings and compromises need to be made. Parent carers plan to start a “Friends of Orchard Close” organization and hope to provide stakeholder representation on any Hampshire County Council advisory groups to collaborate and promote engagement and transparency. They thanked officers and councillors who worked hard alongside parent carers and volunteer organizations.
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Chairman's Announcements To receive any announcements the Chairman may wish to make. Minutes: The Chairman noted that the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Sustainability and Transformation Partnership final report (due on 15th November) had not yet been submitted to the Committee but would be circulated to Members for consideration once received. Additionally, several updates and briefings regarding CQC reviews as well as Proposals to Vary Services had been circulated to Members prior to the meeting.
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Orchard Close Task and Finish Working Group Report PDF 423 KB To consider a report from the Orchard Close Task and Finish Working Group on all wider options regarding the future of the Orchard Close Respite Service. Additional documents:
Minutes: The Chairman acknowledged with thanks all Members of the working group, voluntary sector partners, officers, deputees, and Lee Culhane from Healthwatch, who served as the independent chair. Members considered the Healthwatch Report (Appendix 1 to Annex A) and the Director of Adults’ Health and Care presented the findings from their report to the Executive Member for Adults Social Care and Health (Annex A) for her 3 December Decision Day. The department thanked all users, parent carers, and the voluntary and independent sector for their collaboration and contribution to engagement. Members heard:
In response to questions, Members heard that bed capacity comparisons to counties similar to Hampshire are difficult as most do not provide and run in-house respite beds. Members wished to thank all involved and commend the work of everyone involved. They admired carers for their extraordinary effort to keep Orchard Close open, alongside their difficult day to day commitments and responsibilities. Members noted their support of the recommendations and hoped that loss of beds would not lead to further consequences down the line. Required savings are a significant and major challenge and under the circumstances, the outcome is positive to keep Orchard Close’s trusted, highly valued, and wonderful environment available for service users. Members thanked the Task and Finish Group and agreed to Recommendations A and B (see below). The Committee hoped the Executive Member would ... view the full minutes text for item 175. |
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Adult Safeguarding Annual Report PDF 272 KB To consider an annual update on adult safeguarding. Minutes: The Director of Adults’ Health and Care provided a regular update on the Adult Safeguarding Annual Report for the 2018-19 financial year. Members heard:
In response to questions, Members heard:
RESOLVED That the Committee:
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To consider and approve the Health and Adult Social Care Select Committee Work Programme.
Minutes: The Director of Transformation and Governance presented the Committee’s work programme.
RESOLVED: That the Committee’s work programme be approved, subject to any amendments agreed at this meeting.
Meeting closed at 11:27am.
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