The Sub-Committee will receive a presentation setting out the Corporate Performance Information within its remit for Quarter 2 of 2016.
Minutes:
The Sub-Committee considered the Corporate Performance report for Quarter 2.
The report identified where the Council was performing well (Green rating) and not so well (Amber and Red rating). It noted that where RAG rating was Red, “Corrective Action” was including in the report, this highlighted the actions the Council would take to address poor performance.
There were 12 Corporate Indicators that fell under the remit of the Individuals Overview and Scrutiny Sub-Committee. 10 of these related to the Safe goal and 2 to the Proud goal.
The Sub-Committee noted that 10 of the quarter 2 performance figures were available. 8 (80%) of the indicators had been given a RAG status of Green and 2 (20%) had a RAG status of Red.
Officers drew the Sub-Committee’s attention to the indicator relating to the rate of delayed transfers of care attributed to Adult Social Care. Whilst this indicator was currently rated Green, the definition and decision would be changing. It was noted that the decision was currently taken jointly by Health and Social Care however this would be changing to a purely medical decision; this may have an adverse impact on the performance.
The highlights of the indicators under the Safe goal included:
· 100% of carers were receiving their support via a direct payment, all of who were receiving their services via self-direction. This was a total of 93 carers
· 84.6% of service users were receiving their support via self-direction, which was above the target of 83%. There were 18,14 service users receiving their support via self-directions, compared with 1,368 service users last year. This was an increase of a third.
· There had been an increase of 9% of adults with learning disabilities living in their own home or with their family. At the end of Q2 there were 160 service users recorded as living in settled accommodation, whereas at the same stage last year there were 147.
· The rate of permanent admission to residential and nursing care homes for individuals aged between 18-64 was below target (where lower is better). There had been only 6 admissions into long term care, whereas at the same stage last year there had been 10, where was a 40% decrease.
· There had been an increase of a quarter in the number of service users in contact with secondary mental health living independently from 515 service users to 417 service users at the same stage last year.
· There had been a 5% decrease of direct payments as a percentage of self-directed support for service users and was performing worse than both last quarter and the same point last year. There were 698 service users receiving a direct payment this year, at the same stage last year there were 738. Officer attributed the large elderly population in the borough and stated that this was a national problem as it was often harder to engage with the older population.
· The number of service users aged 65+ who had been permanently admitted into residential and nursing care was higher than the Q2 target. This was an increase of 19% with 158 new admission into long stay placements compared to 133 at the same stage last year.
The highlights of the indicators under the Proud goal included:
· The percentage of adults in contact with secondary mental health services in paid employment was significantly better than target and was better than both the previous quarter and the same stage last year.
· There had been a 58% increase in the number of service users in employment who were in contact with secondary mental health service. There were 41 service users at present compared with 26 at the same stage last year.
The Sub-Committee noted the contents of the Demand Pressures Dashboard.