Contact: Sally Baker, Scrutiny Officer
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APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE AND SUBSTITUTIONS
Purpose of the item: To report any apologies for absence and substitutions. Additional documents: Minutes: Apologies were received from Dennis Booth, Michaela Martin, Rebecca Jennings-Evans and Immy Marwick. Robert Evans and Abby King delayed. Remotely, Frank Kelly and Carla Morson.
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MINUTES OF THE PREVIOUS MEETINGS: 7 OCTOBER 2023 PDF 252 KB
Purpose of the item: To agree the minutes of the previous meeting of the Adults and Health Select Committee as a true and accurate record of proceedings. Additional documents: Minutes: The minutes were agreed as a true and accurate record.
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DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST
Purpose of the item: All Members present are
required to declare, at this point in the meeting or as soon as
possible thereafter:
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Any disclosable pecuniary interests and /
or II. Other interests arising under the Code of Conduct in respect of any item(s) of business being considered at this meeting.
NOTES: ·
Members are reminded that they must not participate
in any item where they have a disclosable pecuniary
interest. ·
As well as an interest of the Member, this includes
any interest, of which the Member is aware, that relates to the
Member’s spouse or civil partner (or any person with whom the
Member is living as a spouse or civil partner). · Members with a significant personal interest may participate in the discussion and vote on that matter unless that interest could be reasonably regarded as prejudicial. Additional documents: Minutes: The Chairman declared that he was a Frimley Health Community Representative.
Carla Morson declared a personal interest with a close family member who works in the Emergency Department at Frimley Park Hospital.
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QUESTIONS AND PETITIONS
Purpose of the item:To
receive any questions or petitions. NOTES: 1. The deadline for Members’ questions is 12:00pm four working days before the meeting (1 December 2023).
2. The deadline for public questions is seven days before the meeting(28 November 2023).
3. The deadline for petitions was 14 days before the meeting, and no petitions have been received. Additional documents: Minutes: No questions or petitions were received.
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SCRUTINY OF 2024/25 DRAFT BUDGET AND MEDIUM-TERM FINANCIAL STRATEGY TO 2028/29 PDF 128 KB
Purpose of the item: Scrutiny of the Draft Budget and Medium-Term Financial Strategy. Additional documents: Minutes: Witnesses: Mark Nuti, Cabinet Member for Adults and Health Sinead Mooney, Cabinet Member for Adults Social Care David Lewis, Cabinet Member for Finance and Resources. Nicola Kilvington, Director of Corporate Strategy & Policy, Surrey County Council Rachel Wigley, Director, Finance Insights & Performance William House, Strategic Finance Business Partner for Adults, Wellbeing and Health Partnerships Sarah Kershaw, Strategic Director of Adults, Health, and Wellbeing Nicola O’Connor, Strategic Finance Business Partner Paul Richards, Area Director East & Mid Surrey, Adult Social Care (ASC) Jonathan Lillistone, Assistant Director of Integrated Commissioning Nikki Roberts, CEO, Surrey Coalition of Disabled People
Key points raised during the discussion:
Abby King and Robert Evans arrived at 10.32 am.
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ADULT SAFEGUARDING UPDATE PDF 184 KB
Purpose of report: To provide the Committee with an update on adult safeguarding in the county. Additional documents: Minutes: Witnesses:
Mark Nuti, Cabinet Member for Adults and Health Sinead Mooney, Cabinet Member for Adults Social Care Sarah Kershaw, Strategic Director of Adults, Health and Wellbeing Paul Richards, Area Director East & Mid Surrey, Adult Social Care (ASC) Jonathan Lillistone, Assistant Director of Integrated Commissioning
Key points raised during the discussion:
1. The Strategic Director for Adults, Health and Wellbeing provided a brief overview of the Adults Safeguarding Update. The paper set out a rise in both concerns and enquiries and covered the decision making, legal duties, and how the Directorate was working to strengthen the learning received.
2. A Member referred to the Adult, Wellbeing and Health Partnerships (AW&HP) current process of reviewing safeguarding arrangements to ensure there would be the right capacity, and asked what the timeline was for this. The Area Director for East & Mid Surrey (ASC) explained that the newly appointed Interim Executive Director had started the process of reviewing the arrangements. The Service had received additional capacity with the recent appointment of a Principle Social Worker, who would work across the AW&HP teams to identify good practice and where improvement was needed, and an Assistant Director for Safeguarding and Quality, who would review Safeguarding teams and their processes, and the continued review of performance plans and finalisation of the wider Safeguarding Adults Improvement Plan. The Service would expect this to ensure the right capacity to work effectively with partners and care providers. A new team manager with previous experience as a social worker and an approved mental health practitioner is expected to join the Adult Safeguarding Hub in January 2024. The Service would expect this team, from January onwards to be effective and to see good improvements within the next six months.
3. A Member asked if the Safeguarding Adults page on the Council’s website would be accessible to those who were digitally excluded and how the Directorate were advertising it. The Area Director for East & Mid Surrey (ASC) explained that the Directorate recognised some people experience issues with online access, but they were fairly confident people were able to access this information, based on the volume and types of referrals and concerns the Service received. The Area Director stressed that the Directorate would always want arrangements in place to enable digitally excluded people to voice their concerns and highlighted the reference in the report to providing information in a physical form, which work with partners in communications would be done to distribute this to parts of the county with digitally excluded people.
4. A Member queried if there was an intention to support people who experience language barriers. The Director of Integrated Commissioning stated that it would be a key area where the Directorate would need to work with partners, providers and care staff who have these skills, and an area where the Directorate would need to make sure staff were having conversations with Surrey residents.
5. A Member asked if online training had been offered to libraries to support safeguarding issues. The ... view the full minutes text for item 45/23 |
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A NEW HOSPITAL TO REPLACE FRIMLEY PARK HOSPITAL PDF 229 KB
Purpose of the item: To seek the committee’s views on the criteria that Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust will use to evaluate a shortlist of possible sites for a new hospital, and the committee’s feedback on the Trust’s approach to comprehensive engagement with patients, public, and staff. Additional documents: Minutes: Witnesses:
Mark Nuti, Cabinet Member for Adults and Health Sinead Mooney, Cabinet Member for Adults Social Care Carol Deans - Director of Communications and Engagement Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust Kishamer Sidhu, Chief Finance Officer & Executive Lead for New Hospital, Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust Emma Boswell, Director of Partnerships and Engagement, Frimley Integrated Care Board Known as NHS Frimley
Key points raised during the discussion:
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RECOMMENDATIONS TRACKER AND FORWARD WORK PROGRAMME PDF 28 KB
Purpose of the item: For the Select Committee to review the attached recommendations tracker and forward work programme, making suggestions for additions or amendments as appropriate. Additional documents: Minutes: The Chairman suggested to move past this item and proposed Officers update it.
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DATE OF THE NEXT MEETING: 7 MARCH 2024
The next public meeting of the committee will be held on Thursday 7 March at 10:00am. Additional documents: Minutes: The next public meeting of the committee will be held on Thursday 7 March 2024 at 10.00am.
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