The Children, Young People and Learning Overview and Scrutiny Board has over the last year spoken to a number of school headteachers and Chairs of Governors about the educational outcomes and their schools capacity to improve. Councillors will be meeting with two more schools on the 19th March and will look to discuss some of the […]
Councillors continue to challenge Schools
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Carers and the Health, Social Care and Wellbeing Strategy on the Agenda
The Health Social Care & Well Being Overview & Scrutiny Board met yesterday. The councillors dealt with two main topics – progress against the implementation of the Health Social Care & Well Being Strategy and how the Council supports carers. The Cabinet Member for Social Services, Councillor Nick Tregoning and Sharon Miller, Dr Nina Williams […]
Supporting Older People Review Accepted by Cabinet
Last week the Cabinet Member for Social Services accepted the Health Social Care & Well Being Overview & Scrutiny Board’s review and recommendations on supporting older people in the community. The Board made 8 recommendations in total, some key recommendations to the Cabinet member were to: Work with the Corporate Management Team to identify under usage […]
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What should the Health Social Care & Well Being Overview & Scrutiny Board investigate next year?
The Health Social Care & Well Being Overview & Scrutiny Board met today for the last time this year and had a report which reviewed the work it carried out this year. You can find the report here. The Board also received its final report and recommendations on how the Council can support the elderly […]
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Delivering adult social care differently
On Tuesday the Health Social Care & Well Being Overview & Scrutiny Board met with the Cabinet Member for Social Services to question him on his report on alternative models of service delivery for adult social care. The Cabinet Member was due to take a report to Cabinet on Thursday which sought approval from Cabinet to proceed with […]
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Changing the way adult social care is delivered
The Health Social Care & Well Being Overview & Scrutiny Board met yesterday to discuss how adult social care is to be remodelled to deliver more “person centred” services. The Welsh Assembly Government’s Fulfilled Lives, Supportive Communities 2007 says of services: Whatever their difficulty or impairment, people should be supported to have control over the life […]
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