Agenda item

Report of the Director of Community and Children’s Services.

The Committee received a report of the Director of Community and Children’s Services presenting the 2017/18 Clinical Commissioning Group assessments for mental health, dementia, learning disabilities and diabetes.

Members were pleased to note that City and Hackney CCG had received an ‘Outstanding’ assessment rating in terms of Dementia. A Member went on to refer to the fact that there were very few care/nursing homes in the City and Hackney area with none at all in the City itself and just 3-4 based in Hackney. Another Member recalled that there had previously been a respite care centre based in the City of London Maternity Hospital but that this no longer existed.

The Deputy Chairman referred to the City and Hackney’s ‘Requires Improvement’ assessment score in terms of Learning Disabilities. He said that he failed to understand how this score had been arrived at from reviewing the information provided within the report. He asked for greater clarity around this going forward. Mr Maher highlighted that there was currently a difference between how data on learning disabilities was considered nationally and how it was uploaded and recorded locally. The Deputy Chairman reiterated that he would still like to see more clarity in future around what exactly required improvement in this area, where and why. Mr Maher stated that Officers had sent back similar feedback on this data.

The Assistant Director of Commissioning and Partnerships confirmed that the City currently had 14 clients registered as having learning disabilities and confirmed that the City was meeting their needs satisfactorily. Members suggested that a note to this effect would be helpful in future reports.

RESOLVED – That, Members note the report.