Issue - meetings
Domiciliary Care and Reablement re-services and re-design
Meeting: 26/06/2018 - Health and Wellbeing Board (Item 10)
10 Domiciliary Care and Reablement re-services and re-design 
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To consider a report concerning the recommissioning of homecare and reablement services in Bath & North East Somerset. It focusses on creating services to deliver outcomes which make a tangible difference to people’s lives and promote care market sustainability.
11.15am – 20 minutes – Vince Edwards
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Minutes:
The Board considered a report regarding the recommissioning of homecare and reablement services in Bath and North East Somerset. The report focussed on creating services to deliver outcomes which make a tangible difference to peoples’ lives and to promote care market sustainability.
The Board also received a presentation from Vince Edwards (Commissioning Manager, Adult Social Care) and Alison Enever (Commissioning Project Manager) regarding this matter covering the following issues:
· Overview – the recommissioning aimed to maximise independence and ethical good quality care and to deliver outcomes that make a tangible difference to people’s lives by:
o Innovation co-operation and emerging good practice
o Review and remodel existing services
o Designing new pathways
o Re-framing the role of formal care in a modern care and health landscape
· Details and timeline of the transformation programme
· Challenges in the care sector:
o Urgent care
o Social care
o Motivation
o New methods
· Workshops and consultation
· Ethical care standards temperature check
· What we are trying to achieve:
o A reabling focus to care – people at the heart of services
o A range of options – right support at the right time
o Support for rural communities – making best use of capacity
o Learning from best practice
o Developing relationships between providers – joined up services
o Empowering people to live happier, healthier lives
It was noted that homecare was mainly provided for older residents. Currently there was a good mixed model provided primarily through Virgin Care. About 70% of care in B&NES was provided by 4 organisations.
It was difficult to recruit and retain staff in the care sector and a number of initiatives were being considered to address this challenge.
A copy of the presentation slides are attached as Appendix 4 to these minutes.
RESOLVED: To note the report.
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