Agenda and minutes
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Media
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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: Members noted that the meeting was being streamed live on the Council’s website.
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Apologies for absence Additional documents: Minutes: None.
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Items of Urgent Business The Chair will consider the admission of any late items of urgent business (late items will be considered under the agenda item where they appear. New items will be dealt with as noted below). 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 Members’ Register of 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 interest are defined at Paragraphs 5-7 and Appendix A of the Members’ Code of Conduct. Additional documents: Minutes: Cllr Pippa Connor declared an interest by virtue of her membership of the Royal College of Nursing.
Cllr Pippa Connor declared an interest by virtue of her sister working as a GP in Tottenham.
Cllr Nick da Costa declared an interest by virtue of his ownership of a company working with the NHS, medical providers and healthcare practitioners on a variety of projects, none of which, to his knowledge, work in Haringey Borough though they do potentially work in surrounding areas and with service providers across London.
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Deputations/Petitions/ Presentations/ Questions To consider any requests received in accordance with Part 4, Section B, Paragraph 29 of the Council’s Constitution. Additional documents: Minutes: None.
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To approve the minutes of the previous meeting. Additional documents: Minutes: The minutes of the previous meeting on 25th February 2020 were approved as an accurate record.
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Care homes in Haringey PDF 315 KB Summary of the impact of Covid-19 on care homes in Haringey so far, including infection/fatality numbers and details, which care homes were most significantly affected.
Additional documents:
Minutes: Will Maimaris, Director of Public Health, introduced a report summarising the impact of Covid-19 on care homes in Haringey Borough. He said that care homes remain a clear priority for the Council in terms of the response to Covid-19. There had been a significant impact on the care sector in Haringey, particularly in March, April and May in terms of excess deaths. The report highlighted some of the learning from that and the interventions that had been put in place since then. He pointed out that in Haringey there is quite a small number of older people’s nursing and residential homes and so the Council had a close relationship and regular communication with all of the care providers. He said that some of the key priority areas in terms of preventing future outbreaks in the coming months were:
Will Maimaris said that a further report had been provided to the North Central London Joint Health Overview and Scrutiny Committee which included data on death rates in care homes and that Haringey had performed better than the sector average. (Report available at: https://barnet.moderngov.co.uk/ieListDocuments.aspx?CId=360&MId=10089&Ver=4)
Will Maimaris (Director of Public Health), Charlotte Pomery (Assistant Director for Commissioning), John Everson (Assistant Director for Adults), Angela Healy (Quality Assurance Manager, NCL CCG) and Farzad Fazilat (Head of Brokerage) responded to questions from the Panel:
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Learning Disability & Autism update PDF 218 KB Update on LD & Autism services including the proposed new services at Waltheof Gardens in the changed circumstances resulting from Covid-19.
Additional documents: Minutes: Charlotte Pomery, Assistant Director for Commissioning, introducing this item noting that the report provided an update on the work being done with users of learning disabilities and autism services and the impact of Covid-19 on those plans.
Charlotte Pomery and Georgie Jones-Conaghan, Lead Commissioner for Adult Learning Disability and Autism, responded to questions from the Panel:
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'Stock take' on current situation with Adult services PDF 484 KB Summary of how services have been affected during the Covid-19 pandemic and what has been learnt.
Additional documents: Minutes: John Everson introduced this item, noting that the report covered issues including the approach to service delivery since the lockdown, some of which had been discussed earlier in the meeting. In particular, he highlighted the commitment and drive of staff and in partner organisations to respond to a huge change in the way that services had to be delivered in terms of the restrictions that were in place and the additional demands on the system.
John Everson then responded to questions from the Panel:
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Work Programme 2020/21 PDF 298 KB To discuss items for the work programme for the Panel for 2020/21. Additional documents:
Minutes: Cllr Connor updated the Panel on the Adult Social Care Commissioning scrutiny review which had previously been suspended due to the Covid-19 pandemic and the consequent lack of officer availability. The Panel agreed to gather the remaining evidence required through a final session with officers as soon as possible and to conclude the review.
Panel members made suggestions for topics for future scrutiny reviews:
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Dates of Future Meetings Additional documents: Minutes: · Tues 17th Nov 2020 · Thurs 10th Dec 2020 · Tues 23rd Feb 2021
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