Social Work And Health Committee - 10/05/2010

At a MEETING of the SOCIAL WORK AND HEALTH COMMITTEE held at Dundee on 10th May, 2010.

 

Present:-

 

Depute Lord Provost Ian BORTHWICK

 

 

 

BAILIES

 

Willie SAWERS

Helen WRIGHT

Roderick A J WALLACE

George REGAN

 

Derek J SCOTT

 

COUNCILLORS

 

Ken GUILD

Elizabeth F FORDYCE

Laurie BIDWELL

Jim BARRIE

Stewart HUNTER

Tom FERGUSON

Jimmy BLACK

Ken LYNN

Brian GORDON

David BOWES

Craig MELVILLE

Richard McCREADY

Andrew DAWSON

Christina ROBERTS

Donald HAY

Will DAWSON

Alan G ROSS

Fraser MACPHERSON

Bob DUNCAN

Kevin KEENAN

Helen DICK

 

Mohammed ASIF

 

 

Councillor Jim BARRIE, Convener, in the Chair.

 

The minute of meeting of this Committee of 22nd March, 2010 was held as read.

 

Unless marked thus * all items stand delegated.

 

I REGISTERED CARE SERVICES

 

There was submitted Report No 238-2010 by the Director of Social Work summarising the gradings awarded by the Care Commission to the Department's registered care services in the period 1st April, 2009 to 31st March, 2010.

 

The Committee agreed:-

 

(i) to note the high quality of gradings awarded as detailed in the attached performance Report; and

 

(ii) to remit to the Director of Social Work to determine the approaches necessary to achieve continuous improvement both within and across the Department's registered services.

 

Arising therefrom, it was remitted to the Director of Social Work to bring forward a report on the performance of external providers in respect of residential and nursing home care.

 

 

 

 

Jim BARRIE, Convener.