Decision details

The Health & Adult Social Care Select Committee agreed to set up a rapid review into dementia support services for people living with dementia and their carers in Buckinghamshire. 

A small group of councillors volunteered to participate in the rapid review.  Evidence gathering meetings, with a number of stakeholders, took place across three full days on Thursday 9^th March, Tuesday 14^th March and Thursday 16^th March 2023.   The review was chaired by Cllr Carol Heap and comprised of Cllrs Shade Adoh, Phil Gomm, Robin Stuchbury, Nathan Thomas and Alan Turner. Following the evidence gathering meetings the review group then met to discuss and agree its key findings and recommendations, which were presented in the report found at Appendix 1. The recommendations were grouped together under the NHS England Dementia Well Pathway which had been adopted by Buckinghamshire.

Cabinet was asked to consider the recommendations of the Select Committee Review.

RESOLVED

1) That the Select Committee and Review Group, as well as the supporting officers, be thanked for their work and subsequent recommendations.

2) That Cabinet’s responses to the review and recommendations, as set out and circulated to Members, be AGREED.

Note: a complete breakdown of the scrutiny recommendations and Cabinet’s responses can be found here.