Agenda and minutes

Venue: County Hall, Chichester, PO19 1RQ

Contact: Rob Castle on 033 022 22546  Email:  rob.castle@westsussex.gov.uk

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No. Item

1.

Election of Chairman

The Committee is asked to elect a Chairman for 2022-23 from the county councillors on the Committee (as listed below). 

 

Cllr Ali, Cllr Atkins, Cllr A Cooper, Cllr Dunn, Cllr Forbes, Cllr Nagel, Cllr O’Kelly, Cllr Patel, Cllr Pudaloff, Cllr Wall and Cllr Walsh.

 

If the election is contested, a secret ballot will be held in accordance with Standing Order 2.17.

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Minutes:

1.1    Cllr Wall was proposed as Chairman by Cllr Patel. The proposal was seconded by Cllr Cooper. There were no other nominations.

 

1.2    Resolved – that Cllr Wall is elected as Chairman of the Committee for the year.

2.

Election of Vice Chairman

The Committee is asked to elect a Vice Chairman for 2022-23 from the county councillors on the Committee (as listed below). 

 

Cllr Ali, Cllr Atkins, Cllr A Cooper, Cllr Dunn, Cllr Forbes, Cllr Nagel, Cllr O’Kelly, Cllr Patel, Cllr Pudaloff, Cllr Wall and Cllr Walsh.

 

If the election is contested, a secret ballot will be held in accordance with Standing Order 2.17.

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Minutes:

2.1        Cllr Walsh was proposed by Cllr O’Kelly. The proposal was seconded by Cllr Bangert. Cllr Cooper was proposed by Cllr Wall. The proposal was seconded by Cllr Ali. A secret ballot was held.

 

2.2        Resolved – that Cllr Cooper was elected as Vice Chairman by eight votes to three.

3.

Business Planning Group Membership pdf icon PDF 65 KB

Report by the Director of Law and Assurance.

 

The Committee is asked to review the membership of the Business Planning Group in view of the Chairman and Vice-Chairman appointments.  The Group should have five members including the Committee’s Chairman, Vice-Chairman and at least two minority group members.

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Minutes:

3.1       The Business Planning Group membership was agreed as Cllr Wall (Chairman), Cllr Cooper (Vice Chairman), Cllr Patel, Cllr Walsh and Cllr Pudaloff.

4.

Committee Membership

The Committee to approve the co-opted membership of the Committee as follows: -

 

Cllr Bangert (Chichester District Council)

Cllr Bevis (Horsham District Council)

Cllr Loader (Adur District Council) – TBC

Cllr Peacock (Mid Sussex District Council) – TBC

Cllr Pendleton (Arun District Council)

Vacancy – Crawley Borough Council

Vacancy – Worthing Borough Council

Katrina Broadhill – Healthwatch West Sussex

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Minutes:

4.1       The membership of the Committee was noted with the addition of Cllr Irvine as the representative for Crawley Borough Council.

5.

Declarations of Interest

Members and officers must declare any pecuniary or personalinterest in any business on the agenda. They should also make declarations at any stage such an interest becomes apparent during the meeting. Consideration should be given to leaving the meeting if the nature of the interest warrants it.  If in doubt please contact Democratic Services before the meeting.

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6.

Part II Matters

Members are asked to indicate at this stage if they wish the meeting to consider bringing into Part I any items on the Part II agenda.

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Minutes:

6.1        Members queried the fact that part of the item on the Shaw Healthcare Contract was to be excluded from public debate. The reasons for the exclusion were provided by the Monitoring Officer and read out by Rachel Allan, Senior Adviser. Alan Sinclair, Director of Adults & Health advised that he would deal with as much as possible in open debate, but would delay responses where necessary until the Committee was in closed session.

7.

Minutes of the last meeting of the Committee pdf icon PDF 118 KB

The Committee is asked to agree the minutes of the meeting held on 7 March 2022 (cream paper).

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Minutes:

7.1      Resolved – that the minutes of the meeting held on 7 March 2022 are approved as a correct record and are signed by the Chairman.

8.

Responses to Recommendations pdf icon PDF 73 KB

The Committee is asked to note the responses to recommendations made at the 7 March meeting.

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Minutes:

8.1      Resolved – that the Committee notes the responses to recommendations made at its 7 March 2022 meeting.

9.

Care Quality Commission Inspection of University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust

Report by University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust.

 

For the Committee to seek assurance and review the actions taken following the Care Quality Commission Inspection of University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust.

 

Note: The Chairman has agreed to a request to postpone Item 10 “Care Quality Commission Inspection of University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation” to a future meeting of the Committee.

 

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Minutes:

9.1      This item was deferred to a later date as the information was not available in time for this meeting.

10.

Forward Plan of Key Decisions pdf icon PDF 143 KB

Extract from the Forward Plan dated 6 June 2022 – attached.

 

An extract from any Forward Plan published between the date of despatch of the agenda and the date of the meeting will be tabled at the meeting.

 

The Committee is asked to consider whether it wishes to enquire into any of the forthcoming decisions within its portfolio.

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Minutes:

10.1     The decision on YMCA Blended Counselling Contract Extension relates to commissioning of funding so will be taken by the Director of Adults & Children with Children’s Services being consulted.

 

10.2     Care and Support at home would be discussed when the Committee looks at the Adult Social Care Strategy and access to primary care.

11.

Work Programme pdf icon PDF 74 KB

The Committee to review its draft work programme taking into consideration the checklist at Appendix A.

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Minutes:

11.1      The following items were suggested as items to be added to the work programme and would be discussed at the next meeting of the Business Planning Group: -

 

·         The Children & Adolescent Mental Health Service (including self-harm)

·         South East Coast Ambulance NHS Trust performance, especially response times

12.

Shaw Healthcare Contract pdf icon PDF 77 KB

Report by the Assistant Director Commissioning.

 

The report outlines the performance against the Shaw Healthcare Ltd contract and the plans for ensuring the contract provides the services required to meet demand in the future. 

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Minutes:

12.1     The Committee scrutinised a report by the Assistant Director Commissioning (copy appended to the signed minutes) which was introduced by Alan Sinclair, Director of Adults’ Services who advised the Committee that: -

 

·       The Council and Shaw Homes were trying to increase occupancy, but were not satisfied with the level as yet

·       The Care Quality Commission (CQC) ratings for Shaw Homes had improved over the years with none presently rated as inadequate – the improvement had come about due to the joint efforts of the Council and Shaw Homes

·       The Council now had a dedicated Contracts Manager to deal with any problems as soon as possible in conjunction with the CQC if necessary

·       The Council was working with the CQC and the NHS to improve quality of care in the homes taking feedback from residents and their families/carers into consideration

·       Some Shaw Homes day services had been successfully decommissioned

·       Confimation that any future plans will involve residents, families, carers and the public taking into account lessons learned with engagement with the provider as early as possible

·       The complex nature of the contract meant that specialist help would be needed for legal and financial matters

·       It was expected that a progress report would be ready by September and a full report in November

 

12.2     Summary of responses to committee members’ questions and comments: -

 

·       The Council does not place people in or pay for unoccupied beds in homes that are rated as inadequate and is cautious about placing people in homes that require improvement – this is a factor in low occupancy levels

·       The contracts team was working on improving quality of service through the contract

·       Confirmed that even before covid, Shaw Homes day services were running at between 10% and 50% of capacity which did not represent value for money and quality would have suffered due to low numbers ACTION: Catherine Galvin to supply the Committee with information on quality of services pre covid

·       After consultation with day services users, reprovision had been offered to all that wanted it

·       Nursing beds cost more per person than residential beds

·       Large contracts such as the one with Shaw Homes were reviewed regularly

·       Any Adults Services complaints were reported to the Quality & Practice Board. If there were recurring incidents or themes the Council would work with providers and staff to resolve the matter

 

12.3     Resolved – that the Committee agreed that the appendix to the report would be discussed in closed session (Part II).

 

13.

Exclusion of Press and Public

The Committee is asked to consider in respect of the following item whether the public, including the press, should be excluded from the meeting on the grounds of exemption under Part I of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972, as indicated below, and because, in all the circumstances of the case, the public interest in maintaining the exemption of that information outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information.

 

Exempt: Paragraph 3, financial or business affairs of any person (including the authority).

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Minutes:

13.1     Resolved - That under Section 100(4) of the Local Government Act 1972, the public be excluded from the meeting for the following item of business on the grounds that it involves the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in Part I, of Schedule 12A, of the Act by virtue of the paragraph specified under the item and that, in all the circumstances of the case, the public interest in maintaining the exemption of that information outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information.

14.

Shaw Healthcare Contract Appendix

Report by the Assistant Director Commissioning (for members of the Committee only).

Minutes:

Summary of discussions in Part II – the Committee learned that all options would be discussed in the review of the Shaw Healthcare Contract taking into account the Cost of Care exercise and Market Sustainability Plan.

 

Resolved – that: -

 

     i.        An update report to come to the September meeting, with a fuller report to November meeting of the Committee

    ii.        Future reporting gives the committee further data on quality

  iii.        Future renegotiations concentrate on quality of care

15.

Date of Next Meeting

The next meeting of the Committee will be held virtually on 8 July 2022 at 10.30 am.  Probable agenda items include:

 

·       End of year Performance and Resources Report

 

Any member wishing to place an item on the agenda for the meeting must notify the Director of Law and Assurance by 21 June 2022.

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Minutes:

15.1     The next meeting of the Committee will take place on 8 July 2022.