Seaton & Colyton MATTERS

The Adult Care and Health Management Team’s report on Risk Management report to Thursday’s meeting of the Health and Adult Care Scrutiny Committee says: ‘one risk has increased to Very High from High, this being “Market Capacity: Adult Social Care (Personal Care)”.

The AC&H team comment:

• The personal care market capacity remains under pressure across the county with levels of demand exceeding the supply. Where care cannot be sourced an interim contingency plan is always enacted that ensures the safety of any individual and may include temporary accommodation in a residential facility or drawing on other arrangements including informal networks of care and support. The risk is also heightened currently due to increased likelihood of provider failure. Members will be aware of a recent CQC formal notification to local authorities around Allied Healthcare of potential provider failure as an example of this.

  Our mitigating actions in this area which are predicated on joint working across the health and care system include

1. Support the recruitment and retention of staff (including promotion of our Proud to Care initiative).
2. Reduce demand on services by promoting and growing our short term offer that supports people back to independence in a timely way.
3. Achieve greater efficiency by working with our contractors to minimise travelling time and make best use of our existing workforce.