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Decision Maker: South Northamptonshire Local Area Planning Committee
Made at meeting: 05/08/2021 - South Northamptonshire Local Area Planning Committee
Decision published: 06/08/2021
Effective from: 05/08/2021
Decision:
Approved, subject to various requirements to be set out in the Minutes.
Wards affected: Brackley;
Decision Maker: South Northamptonshire Local Area Planning Committee
Made at meeting: 05/08/2021 - South Northamptonshire Local Area Planning Committee
Decision published: 06/08/2021
Effective from: 05/08/2021
Decision:
Approved, subject to various requirements to be set out in the Minutes.
Wards affected: Bugbrooke;
Decision Maker: People Overview and Scrutiny Committee
Made at meeting: 20/07/2021 - People Overview and Scrutiny Committee
Decision published: 26/07/2021
Effective from: 20/07/2021
Decision:
RESOLVED: That the People Overview and Scrutiny Committee:
a) Noted the report.
b) Requested to receive a further report on progress with the iCAN programme to the Committee meeting on 21st September 2021 covering the following matters:
· How the Council is ensuring that iCAN is consistent with the way it works in Adult Social Care.
· How risk around iCAN is being managed.
· How iCAN is supporting the Council to manage winter pressures.
· The rationale for the Council investing in iCAN and the latest position concerning the resources secured for it.
c) Requested that representatives from Newton Europe be invited to attend the Committee meeting on 21st September for the update on the iCAN programme.
d) Agreed to seek to engage with the iCAN People Advisory Group as part of further work on this matter.
Decision Maker: People Overview and Scrutiny Committee
Made at meeting: 20/07/2021 - People Overview and Scrutiny Committee
Decision published: 26/07/2021
Effective from: 20/07/2021
Decision:
RESOLVED: That the People Overview and Scrutiny Committee:
a) Noted the report.
b) Requested to receive a further report on residential and nursing care for older people in West Northamptonshire to the Committee meeting on 16th November 2021 providing information on the following matters:
· How the breakdown of Care Quality Commission ratings for care homes in the area compares with the position in other similar local authorities.
· The latest position concerning occupancy in care homes in the area.
· The number of care homes in the area currently rated ‘good’ where the Council may still have concerns about performance.
· The number of contracts with care home providers in the area that have been cancelled in the past three years.
· The latest position and direction of travel regarding staffing in care homes in the area.
· The potential future direction of the care home market.
c) Requested that an opportunity be arranged for Committee members to observe the operation of the Council’s processes for monitoring the performance of care homes.
d) Recommended that West Northamptonshire Councillors be informed in advance in the event that a care home located in their ward is due to be closed.
Decision Maker: People Overview and Scrutiny Committee
Made at meeting: 20/07/2021 - People Overview and Scrutiny Committee
Decision published: 26/07/2021
Effective from: 20/07/2021
Decision:
RESOLVED: That the People Overview and Scrutiny Committee:
a) Identified items for inclusion in its short-term Work Programme for 2021/2022 as follows:
· Integrated Care across Northamptonshire (iCAN) – item for the Committee meeting on 21st September 2021
· Residential and nursing care – item for the Committee meeting on
16th November 2021
· Update on the West Northamptonshire Anti-Poverty Strategy – item for the Committee meeting on 21st September 2021
· Update on the Ofsted monitoring visit in July 2021 – item for the Committee meeting on 21st September 2021
· Task and finish scrutiny review of child and adolescent mental health and the risk of self-harm
b) Identified the following items as potential areas for inclusion in its longer term Work Programme for 2021/22:
· Adult social care provision – needs and future plans
· Children’s social care outcomes achieved
· Foster care provision
· Homelessness
· Joblessness
· Food poverty
· Development of the Northamptonshire Integrated Care System
· Current and future provision of sports and leisure facilities in West Northamptonshire
· Pupil performance at Key Stage 2
· Engagement with the Regional Schools Commissioner about supporting improved attainment in schools that are converted to academies
· Disabled Facilities Grant utilisation
· Response to / recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic
· Performance monitoring of relevant service areas against outcomes in business plans and key performance indicators
c) Agreed that a Work Programming event be held in autumn 2021 to further develop its Work Programme.
Decision Maker: People Overview and Scrutiny Committee
Made at meeting: 20/07/2021 - People Overview and Scrutiny Committee
Decision published: 26/07/2021
Effective from: 20/07/2021
Decision:
RESOLVED: That the People Overview and Scrutiny Committee:
a) Approved the remit for the People Overview and Scrutiny Committee as set out at paragraph 5.1 of the report.
b) Noted that the Overview and Scrutiny Co-ordinating Group may consider and recommend which Overview and Scrutiny Committee or Overview and Scrutiny Committees, are best-placed to deal with any cross-cutting matters that may arise.