Issue - meetings

– report of the CabinetMember forSocial CareandPublicHealth, Mr Graham  Gibbens  and  Corporate  Director  of  Families  and  Social  Care,  Andrew Ireland)

Cabinetreceived a reportproviding an updateon oneaspect of the Transformationof AdultSocial CareProgramme,fromthe OlderPeopleandPhysical Disability(OPPD) Divisionand outliningfurtherplannedchangesforthe Division.

TheCabinetMemberforSocial Careand Public Healthintroducedthe reportfor Cabinet;he describedthe updatewhich the report providedon the transformation programmeand the work undertakenin partnershipwith NewtonEurope.  A key elementofthatwork wouldbe the furtherintegrationofhealthand social careand the significantimpactofpartnershipwork on the supportprovided forOlderPeoplein Kent. He summarisedsome ofthe changesthathad taken place:

•        Clinical CommissioningGroup boundarieshad beenadopted bytheOlder People’steam.

•        Staffin hospitalsnow deliverservices7 days a weekand inthe futureall officeswould be workingbetween 8am and 8pm

•        Thata ‘modeloffice’trialhad been successfullyintroduced andwould be rolledout tootherteams aroundKent

Henoted some of theachievementsoflast year’s‘Model Office’initiativein Dover:

•        40% reductionin the numberofonward assessments

•        70% reductionin waitingtime forservice users

•        60% reductionofoverdue reviews

•        20% reductionin thetime thatpractitionersspenton pa  ...  view the full minutes text for item 44