Cabinet Member: Councillor W. Gareth Roberts
To receive an update on the progress and development of the
above scheme. (Copy enclosed)
*12.00 – 12.20 p.m.
Minutes:
(a)
An update was provided
on the progress and development of the above scheme and the Gwynedd Senior
Adults Manager guided members through the report, noting the progress made in
terms of implementing the integrated working model, the Alltwen Scheme. It was pleasing to note that elements had
moved on with good examples of various teams working in a different way. The five areas where the integrated plan
would be rolled-out to were listed, namely:
Bangor Area
Caernarfon Area
Llŷn Area
Eifionydd / North Meirionnydd Area
South Meirionnydd Area
Members were given an opportunity to ask
questions and the Gwynedd Senior Adults Manager responded as follows:
(i)
It was acknowledged that
there was a need to consider extending the hours of providing the integrated
service over seven days. It would be
challenging to implement an extension in working hours and days within the
current workforce without additional staffing resources. Care had to be taken that any changes to
hours did not impair the ability to respond effectively during core hours and
that they were in-keeping with the principles of retaining ownership of a case.
It was intended to complete further work having established the service within
five areas in order to see the nature of the demand for support outside normal
office hours and on weekends and identify the skills needed to meet the need
outside core hours. The Senior Adults
Manager referred to an example of measuring the demand in relation to considering
extending the working hours of home carers overnight in the south of the
County. The majority of the calls related to the need for nursing skills and
the examples of a need for the carers service were scarce.
It was noted further that an out-of-hours
service was already operational across Gwynedd and Anglesey.
(ii) In terms of the timetable for the provision of a single integrated
electronic system for the teams, it was explained that the Social Services
department was using the new WCCIS system since August 2017. There was an intention for the Health Board
to join soon, but the Senior Adults Manager could not specify a date. It was agreed to ask the Senior
Transformation Manager for an update on the timetable. It was added that there
were challenges in terms of recording the information bilingually and this
could complicate integrated working at times.
(iii) For further information, the Corporate Director referred to the
'Parliamentary Review of Health and Social Care in Wales' under the leadership
of Dr Ruth Hussey, and it was encouraging to note that the above format
provided a good foundation for work and coincided with many elements in the
report.
Resolved: (a)
To accept, note and give thanks for the report.
(b) To ask the Gwynedd Senior
Adults Manager to send the contact number of the Integrated Teams in the five
areas to the members of the Scrutiny Committee.
(c) To ask the
Head of Adults, Health and Well-being Department to invite the Scrutiny
Committee members to visit the Area Teams when convenient.
(ch) To ask the
Members Support and Scrutiny Manager to send the link below to the Scrutiny
Committee members so that they can access the report referred to in (iii)
above:
http://gov.wales/topics/health/nhswales/review/?skip=1&lang=cy
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