Agenda item

5.1

RESOLVED: That the public and press be excluded from the meeting before further discussion takes place on the grounds that, in view of the nature of the business to be transacted, if those persons were present, there would be a disclosure to them of exempt information as described in paragraph 3 of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972, as amended.

(NOTE: Interested parties were allowed to remain in the meeting and the Chair, Councillor Mick Rooney, reminded them of their obligation to respect the confidentiality of the meeting.)

5.2

The Committee considered a report of the Director of Business Planning and Partnerships, NHS Sheffield Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG), which set out the CCG’s current position with regard to future commissioning intentions for Birch Avenue and Woodland View, which were homes providing enhanced care for people with dementia, in the light of higher than expected vacancy rates in the homes.

5.3

In attendance for this item were Tim Furness, Director of Business Planning and Partnerships, NHS Sheffield CCG, Michelle Fearon, Service Director, Sheffield Health and Social Care NHS Foundation Trust (SHSC), and Sue Harding who spoke on behalf of the friends and relatives of the residents of the two homes, some of whom were also present at the meeting.

5.4

Members, the Sheffield LINk representative and the friends’ and relatives’ representative made various comments and asked a number of questions in relation to the report, to which responses were provided.

5.5

RESOLVED: That the Committee:-

(a)       thanks Tim Furness, Michelle Fearon and Sue Harding for their contribution to the meeting;

(b)       notes the contents of the report and the responses to questions and comments; and

(c)        requests that:-

(i)      an item be added to the Committee’s Work Programme to examine the strategy for dementia care across the City, to include Birch Avenue and Woodland View and continuing health care criteria; and

(ii)     a structured way for the friends and relatives of the residents of Birch Avenue and Woodland View to engage with the service commissioner and providers be developed and that a progress report be presented to the Committee in three months’ time.

(NOTE: At this stage in the proceedings, the meeting was re-opened to the public and press.)