Issue - meetings

To consider a report of the Corporate Director, Commissioning and Improvement.

The shareholder committee considered a report of the Corporate Director, Commissioning and Improvement, which presented the developments on the part of the Council, relevant to Care Dorset, and summarised significant developments since the last meeting of the shareholder committee. Particular reference was made to progress with consultation on the impact of the new model of day opportunities on current service commissioning and thanks were expressed to the staff in the day centres that had been visited. A report would be considered by Cabinet later in the year.

Councillors considered the areas covered in the report and discussion was focused on the following areas:

·       An update was provided on the development of a new bedded reablement service at Sidney Gale House. It was noted that a procurement phase was underway for the demolition and clearance of the current site alongside work on configuration and design of the service with specialists in dementia care. The planning process would start during the summer

·       In response to a question about the awareness of activities in day centres, the Corporate Director noted the flexibility of ways within which people and groups engaged with day centres, which included commissioned services and one-off community activities including people coming in to the centres for lunch. There was a need to understand the different uses in order to plan and commission services based on awareness of outcomes.

The report was NOTED.