Issue - meetings

          The following public questions had been received:

Question 1

Please see below that I would like to submit for public question time for the 25th June meeting in relation to the Council’s Care Prevention Strategy.

According to reports there are 7 care providers in Halton of which HBC operates 5 care homes totalling 27% of beds in the Borough.

The CQC rated 4 out of the 5 care homes run by HBC as requiring improving in order to be led well and safe during their last inspections.

If a local resident was unfortunate enough to have to be placed into one these 4 care homes that require improvement they are 100% likely to be entering an environment that needs improvement on how it is led and improve it to be safe.

Breaches were found in relation to record keeping and quality assurance during the last inspection at St Luke’s in 2023.

The CQC requested an action plan to understand how this would improve.

What outcomes have this PPB found when scrutinising the improvement required by the quality assurance team / HBC run care homes and what recommendations have been made to Executive Board?

Question 2

I have a question to put forward to the Health Policy and Performance Board scheduled to take place on Tuesday 25th June 2024.

Page 5 of the Adult Social Care Prevention Policy 2023-2027 states that the Council aims to safeguard residents and improve outcomes for residents whilst ensuring the services meet the best value for the Council.

How has this Board and its Members ensured that policies are implemented within care homes and by the Council to improve outcomes for residents in relation to falls risk assessments being in place and implemented since November 2022? 

Question 3

The priority based report has a milestone (PH06) on page 12 to contribute towards reduction of falls in people ages 65 and over.

Data shows that between 2017-2024 that neglect and acts of omission (of which falls come into this category) are still rising. The CQC in 2017 picked up on the local system review report for health and wellbeing.  The Health Policy and Performance Board priority based report page 16 PH Data (2021/2022 2676) (2022/2023 2663) 2022/2023 2279) , data doesn’t correspond, with Public Health figures and NHS Digital?

How do members scrutinise this milestone across Council owned and none Council owned care homes in Halton?

Response

A written response to each of the above questions would follow.  As all questions were received the afternoon of the day before the meeting, it was explained that more time was needed to provide answers in the detail required.