Issue - meetings

To note the outcome of the Care Quality Commission’s (CQC) Assessment of Performance report for Adult Social Care for 2009/10.

The Committee received the report on the Care Quality Commission’s Annual Performance Assessment of Adult Social Care 2009/10 introduced by Lisa Redfern (Assistant Director – Adult Services) and Helen Constantine (Head of Governance and Partnership). 

The Committee noted that the assessment judged Haringey as “Performing Well” and congratulated officers and commented that the challenge would be to maintain the same level of service in the future with all the funding cuts.  Ms Redfern explained that there would be no changes to the Council’s commissioning budgets and policy and users would continue to be placed in facilities CQC rated as “Excellent” or “Good”.

In response to the Committee’s concerns about the closure of drop-in centres and the transition to personalised budgets and how this would be managed it was reported that the service was hitting the target to have 30% of personalised budgets in place and could take this forward.  Until consultations and re-assessments had concluded it was not possible to estimate how many service users would take up personalised budgets.

In response to the Committee’s concerns that the pressure on the service would be even greater due to NHS budget cuts officers explained that there were options to work closely with the NHS and share back office functions, Some PCT health commissioners would be transferring to the Council when the PCT closed.

RESOLVED to note the Care Quality Commission Annual Performance Assessment and congratulate Adult Services on the result.