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Venue: Mezzanine Rooms 1 & 2, County Hall, Aylesbury
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Apologies for Absence Additional documents: Minutes: Apologies were received from Mr N Brown Cabinet Member for Community Engagement and Public Health. Deputy Cabinet Member Jean Teesdale was also on leave and unable to attend on his behalf.
Mr C Harriss, Deputy Cabinet Member for Planning and Environment was also in attendance.
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Declarations of Interest Additional documents: Minutes: There were none.
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To approve the minutes of the meeting held on 21 May 2018 Additional documents: Minutes: RESOLVED: Minutes from the meeting held on 21 May 2018 were agreed as an accurate record and signed by the Chairman.
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Hot Topics Additional documents: Minutes: Cabinet’s attention was brought to the following:
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Question Time This provides an opportunity for Members to ask questions to Cabinet Members Additional documents: Minutes: Mr D Watson, County Councillor attended to ask the following question regarding Unitary transition costs:
‘Can the Leader confirm that the reported 2017/18 net revenue cost expenditure of £330m includes provision for the County Council’s transition to Unitary totalling £5.5m?’
Mr M Tett, Leader, responded by stating that the Council had established reserves to implement the business case for a government decision to create one unitary authority. This had been through the Council’s Regulatory and Audit Committee and agreed by full Council. |
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Forward Plan for Cabinet and Cabinet Members PDF 217 KB For Cabinet to consider the Forward Plan Additional documents: Minutes: RESOLVED: Cabinet NOTED the report.
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Cabinet Member Decisions PDF 145 KB To note progress with Cabinet Member Decisions Additional documents: Minutes: RESOLVED: Cabinet NOTED the report.
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Select Committee Work Programme & Inquiry Work Programme PDF 305 KB For Cabinet to consider the Select Committee Work Programme Additional documents: Minutes: RESOLVED: Cabinet NOTED the report.
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Adult Services Update PDF 766 KB Cabinet is asked:
to NOTE the national, regional and local developments in relation to Adult Social Care and support the programme of work taking place to further improve Adult Social Care services in Buckinghamshire. Additional documents: Minutes: Lin Hazell, Cabinet Member for Health and Wellbeing presented a six month update to Cabinet highlighting the issues facing Adult Social Care (ASC).
Ms G Quinton, Executive Director for Communities, Health and Adult Social Care attended the meeting and highlighted the following points:
· BCC Reablement Services were recently rated as ‘Good’ by the Care Quality Commission (CQC)
Cabinet raised and discussed the following points:
Members thanked colleagues for the thorough report and encouraged residents to read it. |
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Children's Services Update PDF 404 KB Cabinet is asked:
to NOTE:
(a) the key improvement activity in response to the November 2017 Ofsted inspection, and
(b) the national and local developments in Children’s Services Additional documents: Minutes: Mr W Whyte, Cabinet Member for Children’s Services and Mr M Appleyard, Cabinet Member for Education and Skills introduced the update report from Children’s Services and made reference to the following:
Mr T Vouyioukas, Executive Director for Children’s Services also attended the meeting to answer any questions from Cabinet.
Cabinet raised and discussed the following points:
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Q4 Council Performance Report PDF 273 KB Cabinet is asked to:
1. Come to a view on how the organisation is performing 2. Take action to improve performance where necessary Additional documents:
Minutes: Cabinet received a summary report, scorecard and detailed measures for each of their portfolio areas and were asked to update on those areas that were being flagged as red.
Mr Tett confirmed that he would have a separate 121 with Mr Brown to run through any within his portfolio stating that there were a number of reds relating to Public Health and would ensure these were addressed by the Cabinet Member.
Health and Wellbeing
Children’s Services
Education and Skills
Planning and Environment
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Cabinet is asked:
· to AGREE to go out to consultation on the draft Short Breaks Strategies for Disabled Children and Adults as set out in Appendices 1 and 2
· to NOTE the next steps set out in this report including further key decisions required Additional documents:
Minutes: Ms J Bowie, Director of Joint Commissioning and Mrs M Moss, Head of Strategic Commissioning Children attended the meeting to present the Short Breaks for Disabled Children Strategy Consultation / Adult Short Breaks Strategy Consultation report which asked Cabinet to agree to go out to consultation and to note the next steps. Mr Tett reiterated that the purpose of the item was to discuss going out to consultation on the strategies and not to discuss the strategies themselves.
Lin Hazell updated that current short break offers were limited and there was a need to provide more choice for clients. The purpose of the consultation was to ensure that users and carers help redesign the service.
Mr Whyte highlighted the importance of ensuring there was not a gap in transition from children’s into adults and stated that this was a consultation on the strategies and then there would be a second consultation on how these are implemented.
Ms J Bowie stated that the strategies are supported through Clinical Commissioning Group governance processes as well ensuring a partnership approach.
Cabinet raised and discussed the following points:
RESOLVED: Cabinet AGREED to the consultation on the draft Short Breaks Strategies for Disabled Children and Adults and NOTED the next steps including further key decisions required.
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Date of the Next Meeting 9 July 2018 Additional documents: Minutes: 9 July 2018. |