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Public Document Pack Agenda for a meeting of the Health and Social Care Overview and Scrutiny Committee to be held on Thursday, 5 March 2020 at 4.30 pm in Committee Room 1 - City Hall, Bradford Members of the Committee – Councillors LABOUR CONSERVATIVE LIBERAL DEMOCRAT AND BRADFORD INDEPENDENT GROUP INDEPENDENT GROUP Greenwood Goodall J Sunderland Khadim Hussain Mir Hargreaves Godwin Lintern Humphreys Alternates: LABOUR CONSERVATIVE LIBERAL DEMOCRAT AND BRADFORD INDEPENDENT GROUP INDEPENDENT GROUP Akhtar Barker Griffiths Sajawal Berry Riaz Iqbal Jenkins H Khan NON VOTING CO-OPTED MEMBERS G Sam Samociuk Former Mental Health Nursing Lecturer Susan Crowe Bradford District Assembly Health and Wellbeing Forum Trevor Ramsay Healthwatch Bradford and District Notes: This agenda can be made available in Braille, large print or tape format on request by contacting the Agenda contact shown below. The taking of photographs, filming and sound recording of the meeting is allowed except if Councillors vote to exclude the public to discuss confidential matters covered by Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972. Recording activity should be respectful to the conduct of the meeting and behaviour that disrupts the meeting (such as oral commentary) will not be permitted. Anyone attending the meeting who wishes to record or film the meeting's proceedings is advised to liaise with the Agenda Contact who will provide guidance and ensure that any necessary arrangements are in place. Those present who are invited to make spoken contributions to the meeting should be aware that they may be filmed or sound recorded. If any further information is required about any item on this agenda, please contact the officer named at the foot of that agenda item. From: To: Parveen Akhtar, City Solicitor Agenda Contact: Jane Lythgow Phone: 01274 432270 E-Mail: [email protected] A. PROCEDURAL ITEMS 1. ALTERNATE MEMBERS (Standing Order 34) The City Solicitor will report the names of alternate Members who are attending the meeting in place of appointed Members. 2. DISCLOSURES OF INTEREST (Members Code of Conduct - Part 4A of the Constitution) To receive disclosures of interests from members and co-opted members on matters to be considered at the meeting. The disclosure must include the nature of the interest. An interest must also be disclosed in the meeting when it becomes apparent to the member during the meeting. Notes: (1) Members may remain in the meeting and take part fully in discussion and voting unless the interest is a disclosable pecuniary interest or an interest which the Member feels would call into question their compliance with the wider principles set out in the Code of Conduct. Disclosable pecuniary interests relate to the Member concerned or their spouse/partner. (2) Members in arrears of Council Tax by more than two months must not vote in decisions on, or which might affect, budget calculations, and must disclose at the meeting that this restriction applies to them. A failure to comply with these requirements is a criminal offence under section 106 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992. (3) Members are also welcome to disclose interests which are not disclosable pecuniary interests but which they consider should be made in the interest of clarity. (4) Officers must disclose interests in accordance with Council Standing Order 44. 3. INSPECTION OF REPORTS AND BACKGROUND PAPERS (Access to Information Procedure Rules – Part 3B of the Constitution) Reports and background papers for agenda items may be inspected by contacting the person shown after each agenda item. Certain reports and background papers may be restricted. Any request to remove the restriction on a report or background paper should be made to the relevant Strategic Director or Assistant Director whose name is shown on the front page of the report. If that request is refused, there is a right of appeal to this meeting. Please contact the officer shown below in advance of the meeting if you wish to appeal. (Jane Lythgow - 01274 432270) 4. REFERRALS TO THE OVERVIEW AND SCRUTINY COMMITTEE Any referrals that have been made to this Committee up to and including the date of publication of this agenda will be reported at the meeting. B. OVERVIEW AND SCRUTINY ACTIVITIES 5. ADVOCACY SERVICES ACROSS THE BRADFORD DISTRICT 1 - 32 The report of the Strategic Director, Health and Wellbeing, (Document “AE”) provides an update on the Council and Clinical Commissioning Group’s jointly commissioned Independent Advocacy, Self and Group Advocacy, Volunteering and Capacity Building services. Recommended – That the report be noted. (Alexandra Lorrison – 01274 435064) 6. SHIPLEY HOSPITAL - ENGAGEMENT UPDATE 33 - 70 The Deputy Director of Contracting, NHS Bradford Districts CCG, will present a report (Document “AF”) which provides an update on the engagement work undertaken by Engaging People on behalf of the Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) in relation to Shipley Hospital. Recommended – That the content of the report and the next steps to be undertaken, including the development of a business case, Clinical Senate Review and consultation timescales, outlined in Document “AF” be noted. (Helen Farmer – 01274 237704) 7. HEALTHWATCH BRADFORD: UPDATE ON ACTIVITIES 71 - 202 The Manager, Healthwatch Bradford, will present a report, (Document “AG”) which provides an overview of Healthwatch Bradford and what it does, before continuing to consider its main activities over the last year. The report summarises Healthwatch Bradford’s engagement activities and sets out some of the insights regarding health and care services shared by the public. The views of Members are requested. (Sarah Hutchinson – 01535 665258) 8. WORK PROGRAMME 2019/2020 203 - 206 The Overview and Scrutiny Lead will present a report, (Document “AH”) which presents the Committee’s work programme for 2019/2020. Recommended – That the information contained in Appendix A to Document “AH” be noted. (Caroline Coombes – 01274 432313) THIS AGENDA AND ACCOMPANYING DOCUMENTS HAVE BEEN PRODUCED, WHEREVER POSSIBLE, ON RECYCLED PAPER Agenda Item 5/ Report of the Strategic Director of Health and Wellbeing to the meeting of Health and Social Care Overview and Scrutiny Committee to be held on 5th of March 2020 AE Subject: Advocacy Services across the Bradford District Summary statement: This report provides an update on the Council and CCG’s jointly commissioned Independent Advocacy, Self and Group Advocacy, Volunteering and Capacity Building services Bev Maybury Portfolio: Strategic Director of Health & Wellbeing Ali Jan Haider Healthy People and Places Director of Strategic Partnerships Report Contact: Alex Lorrison Overview & Scrutiny Area: Phone: (01274) 435064 E-mail: [email protected] Health and Social Care Page 1 1. SUMMARY 1.1 This report provides an update on the Council and CCG’s jointly commissioned Advocacy Services across the Bradford District. 2. BACKGROUND 2.1 On 21st of March 2019 the Health and Social Care Overview and Scrutiny Committee, in line with Standing Order 4.7.1, considered the report on the outcome of the joint commissioning by the Council and the CCGs of Independent Advocacy, Self and Group Advocacy, Volunteering and Capacity Building services. 2.2 It was resolved at the above committee that a report on performance information and outcomes, and consideration of demand for services including the cultural competency and diversity of the services was to be submitted to the Committee in 2020. 2.3 This report therefore sets out to provide updates on the; Independent Statutory and Non-Statutory Advocacy service contract. This is being delivered by Voiceability and provides for several different types of advocacy support to meet the Council’s statutory obligations under the Mental Capacity Act 2005, the Mental Health Act 2007, the Care Act 2014, Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (2015), Safeguarding and issue-based professional Advocacy. A description of the services Voiceability provide as well as the different types of Advocacy is available in Appendix 1.Please note that due to the coming year- end, not all information for 2019-2020 is available. Where this is the case 2018-19 data has been used. Self and Group Advocacy, Volunteering and Capacity Building service contract. This is being delivered by Equality Together and provides support to improve outcomes for individuals and groups who wish to represent their own or shared interests to obtain the care and support they need. Equality Together also subcontract with People First Keighley and Craven, Bradford People First and now Age UK who were added in late 2019. A description of the services Equality Together provide as well as the different types of advocacy is available in Appendix 1. 3. REPORT ISSUES 3.1 Performance - Independent Statutory and Non-Statutory Advocacy 3.1.1 Overall, the service provided by VoiceAbility is performing well with good outcomes for people and positive feedback from operational staff. Fuller details of performance are contained in APPENDIX 2, with a summary below. 3.1.2 The service is essential due to the number of statutory duties it has to meet under the legislation referred to above, and commissioners feel confident that the move to a unified service with a single gateway, using consolidated Council and CCG funding, gives much greater assurance that the Council is meeting its obligations. 2 Page 2 3.1.3 The chart below shows the type of cases taken on over 2018- 2019. This shows that the large majority of cases taken on are where there is a statutory duty. Professional advocacy includes areas such as family or housing issues and are only seen if there is sufficient capacity. Tables 2 and 4 in Appendix 2 of this report provides a further breakdown of the types of issues referred in and taken on. Closed issues information 01/04/18 to 31/03/19 Closed Issues By Advocacy Type April 2018 to March 2019 179 206 1 Professisonal advocacy IMCA IMHA 124 RPR Rule 1.2 ICAA 249 221 3.1.4 In terms of outcomes, VoiceAbility report that of the 1,364 referrals received (Table 1) which involved providing advocacy support on 1,392 issues (Table 2), 980 were successfully handled to conclusion (Table 4).

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