Agenda and minutes
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FILMING AT MEETINGS Please note that this meeting may be filmed or recorded by the Council for live or subsequent broadcast via the Council’s internet site or by anyone attending the meeting using any communication method. Although we ask members of the public recording, filming or reporting on the meeting not to include the public seating areas, members of the public attending the meeting should be aware that we cannot guarantee that they will not be filmed or recorded by others attending the meeting. Members of the public participating in the meeting (e.g. making deputations, asking questions, making oral protests) should be aware that they are likely to be filmed, recorded or reported on.
By entering the meeting room and using the public seating area, you are consenting to being filmed and to the possible use of those images and sound recordings.
The chair of the meeting has the discretion to terminate or suspend filming or recording, if in his or her opinion continuation of the filming, recording or reporting would disrupt or prejudice the proceedings, infringe the rights of any individual or may lead to the breach of a legal obligation by the Council. Additional documents: Minutes: The Cabinet Member referred those present to agenda Item 1 as shown on the agenda in respect of filming at this meeting and asked that those present reviewed and noted the information contained therein.
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URGENT BUSINESS The Leader/Cabinet Member will advise of any items they have decided to take as urgent business. Additional documents: Minutes: None. |
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Declarations of interest A member with a disclosable pecuniary interest or a prejudicial interest in a matter who attends a meeting of the authority at which the matter is considered:
(i) must disclose the interest at the start of the meeting or when the interest becomes apparent, and (ii) may not participate in any discussion or vote on the matter and must withdraw from the meeting room.
A member who discloses at a meeting a disclosable pecuniary interest which is not registered in the Register of Members’ Interests or the subject of a pending notification must notify the Monitoring Officer of the interest within 28 days of the disclosure.
Disclosable pecuniary interests, personal interests and prejudicial interests are defined at Paragraphs 5-7 and Appendix A of the Members’ Code of Conduct Additional documents: Minutes: There were no declarations of interest. |
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Respite Policy Consultation Additional documents:
Minutes: The Cabinet Member considered a report which sought approval to enter into an eight-week consultation with stakeholders on the draft respite policy. RESOLVED
Reasons for decision
Haringey Council is committed to supporting carers, young carers and the cared for person to access the right respite care in a way that supports carers, contributes to outcomes for the cared for person and aligns with the Borough Plan. The Council is also committed to closer integration between health and social care. The policy outlined Haringey Council and Haringey Clinical Commissioning Group’s approach to respite care which had the aim of maintaining or improving carers’ well-being and, in line with the Care Act 2014, the Children and Families Act 2014 and The National Framework for NHS Continuing Healthcare and NHS- funded Nursing Care 2012 treating carers and the cared for person equivalently.
Haringey Council and Haringey CCG recognised the significant contribution that carers – whether family members, young carers or parent carers – made to the care of those with a range of needs who are thereby able to remain living at home for longer, preventing the need for institutionally based care for as long as possible.
The current council arrangements for respite care did not rest upon a single clearly stated policy position. Current practice was inconsistent with local variations in different service areas.
The CCG also did not have a single clearly stated policy position.
The aim of a single respite policy was to clearly set out and define what respite care was and was not, to provide a clear pathway for identifying need and the provision of respite and to set out how charging applied to respite thereby providing clarity and consistency for all carers and cared for across Haringey.
Alternative options considered
Alternative options considered were separate respite policies for children, adults, health and social care. This option was not taken forward as this would have been a missed opportunity to encourage joined up working across service boundaries.
The contents of the Policy reflected the wider strategic aims of
the Council to give all children the best start in life and
empower all adults to live healthy,
long and fulfilling lives and also to contribute to the closer
integration of health and social care. The option of
maintaining the current model for respite was not considered to
meet these wider strategic aims due to the lack of consistency
across service areas.
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New items of urgent business As per item 2. Additional documents: Minutes: N/A |