Agenda item

4.1

The minutes of the meeting of the Committee held on 21 November 2012 were approved as a correct record.

4.2

Arising from consideration of the minutes, the Committee (a) requested the Scrutiny Policy Officer to (i) submit a summary of the issues arising from the recent visit to the Woodland View Care Home to a future meeting of the Committee, (ii) confirm the timescales for the business case for the new End of Life Care Home Care Model being referred to the Clinical Commissioning Group and the City Council’s Cabinet for approval and (iii) circulate to members of the Committee the final version of the booklet ‘How did We Do?’ – Sheffield’s Local Account of Adult Social Care Services;

(b) noted the information reported by the Scrutiny Policy Officer that there had been difficulty in arranging a joint meeting with the Children, Young People and Family Support Scrutiny and Policy Development Committee on the End of Life Care for children up to the age of 18 and a briefing note would be circulated to members of this Committee;

(c) noted the information reported by the Scrutiny Policy Officer that Councillor Leigh Bramall (Cabinet Member for Business, Skills and Development) had been informed about the issue relating to identifying a suitable site for construction of the intermediate care facility and had been put in touch with Planning Officers and NHS Sheffield; and

(d) noted that Tim Furness, Chief of Business, Planning and Partnerships, NHS Sheffield Clinical Commissioning Group had written to LINk on the proposals for the decommissioning of the Grenoside Grange West Wing and had received a response and the proposals were being considered by the Governing Body in February 2013.