A report by the Director of Adult Social Services informed of the stage that the Department had reached in the Peer Review process, which was a fundamental part of its Improvement Programme.

The Adult Social Services Department had now received the report from the Safeguarding Peer Challenge in May 2012 and the initial feedback from the Adult Social Care Peer Review in June 2012.  The Director’s report highlighted the feedback from the Safeguarding Peer Challenge and the initial comments from the Peer Review.  Both of these reports would now be presented to Health and Wellbeing Overview and Scrutiny Committee and would be made available on the Council’s website.

The Cabinet noted that any areas of consideration that had been identified would be incorporated into the Department’s improvement planning process.

Councillor Anne McArdle thanked the Strategic Service Manager Safeguarding, Caroline McKenna and her team for all of their hard work on the peer challenge process.  She also informed that she was confident that the Adult Social Services Peer Review would be positive.

Councillor Phil Davies also paid tribute to the Director and his team and congratulated them on their accomplishments and the positive reports.  He informed that he was please to see that clear improvements had been made and the evidence of a learning culture.  There was still work to be done and Councillor Davies was impressed with what had already been achieved.  He requested that his congratulations be conveyed to all concerned.

RESOLVED:

That the positive content of the report be noted and the staff involved be thanked and congratulated on their efforts.