Report:  Approval to implement a new Transport policy for Adults which sets out the Council’s approach to the provision of travel assistance for Care Act 2014 eligible adult service users - ensuring an equitable needs-based system is in place across Adult Social Care.

Presented by: Councillor Gillian Ford, Cabinet Member for Health and Adult Care Services

Cabinet:

Approved the Transport Policy attached at Appendix A of the report.

Report:  Approval to implement a new Transport policy for Adults which sets out the Council’s approach to the provision of travel assistance for Care Act 2014 eligible adult service users - ensuring an equitable needs-based system is in place across Adult Social Care.

Presented by: Councillor Gillian Ford, Cabinet Member for Health and Adult Care Services

Summary:

To approve the implementation of a New Transport policy which sets out the Council’s approach to the provision of travel assistance for Care Act 2014 eligible adult service users - ensuring an equitable needs-based system is in place across Adult Social Care.

The New Transport policy sets out the Council’s approach to the provision of travel assistance for Care Act 2014 eligible adult service users, ensuring an equitable needs-based system is in place across Adult Social Care.

It also outlines the criteria, that assessors should use to determine whether a service user should be provided with travel assistance, as part of their Care and Support Plan and seeks to ensure all suitable alternatives have been explored and exhausted.

Cabinet:

Approved the Transport Policy attached at Appendix A of the report.