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Apologies were received from Mr Roger Reed, Mr Nigel Shepherd, Mr Tony Green, Ms Shade Adoh and Review Group Member Mr Steven Lambert

There were no declarations of interest

The purpose of the item is for the Committee to agree the inquiry report and recommendations

The draft Select Committee Report on Accessibility and promotion of services for adults with learning disabilities was introduced by the Chairman and the Chairman of the Review.

A 20 mins video highlighting the user experience regarding accessibility was shown to the Committee.

During the discussion the following points were made by Members:

• Members were extremely grateful to the officers who have helped them prepare this report and service users and carers for their time

• The need for a sharper 5 minute video concentrating solely on user comments to be presented to Cabinet.

• Cllr Mike Appleyard highlighted the ongoing work to improve the home to college transport service and Members highlighted the importance of improving access to travel support during the transition period from Children’s to Adults Services

• An issue of bus passes not starting until 9.30am when college and work placements started before this time was raised by Talkback and Members. It was recommended that this should be investigated and if this was the case, the issue should be added to the inquiry findings.

ACTION – Committee and Governance Advisor to clarify the start time of bus passes and to add findings into the review report if there were discrepancies in the use of bus passes from 9.00 am

• A number of wording amendments were suggested to improve the clarity of the report recommendations. It was agreed that these would be incorporated into the final report to Cabinet.

ACTION – Committee and Governance Advisor to revise wording of recommendations as agreed by HASC and in agreement with the Chairman before publishing review report

Following the discussion the Committee unanimously agreed the following resolution:

To AGREE to publish the Accessibility and Promotion of Services for Adults with Learning Disabilities Report as a report of the Health and Adult Social Care Select Committee, subject to implementation of revised recommendation wording.

The next full meeting of the Committee will be on 10^th May 2016

The next full webcast committee meeting will be on 10^th May 2016 at 10:00am.