Cases Sub-committee - 08/08/2012

At a MEETING of the CASES SUB-COMMITTEE OF THE SOCIAL WORK AND HEALTH COMMITTEE held at Dundee on 8th August, 2012.

Present:-

Councillor Ken LYNN

Councillor Alan G ROSS

Councillor Ken GUILD

Councillor Ken LYNN, Convener, in the Chair.

Unless marked thus * all items stand delegated.

The Sub-Committee resolved under Section 50(A)(4) of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 that the press and public be excluded from the meeting for the undernoted items of business on the grounds that they involved the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in paragraph 3 of Part I of Schedule 7A of the Act.

I DECLARATION OF INTEREST

No declarations of interest were made.

II PURCHASE OF HOME CARE EXCEEDING AGREED LIMITS

There was submitted Report No 301-2012 by the Director of Social Work seeking authorisation to purchase care at home services for one service user which exceeded the agreed authorised limit of private nursing home rate.

The Sub-Committee agreed:-

(i) to authorise payment in respect of this care arrangement; and

(ii) to note that the cost of the proposed care package exceeded agreed authorised limits but would meet current needs appropriately and would be subject to regular review and adjusted, as appropriate, should circumstances change.

III PURCHASE OF PLACEMENT WHICH EXCEEDS THE APPROVED NATIONAL CARE HOME RATE

There was submitted Report No 302-2012 by the Director of Social Work seeking approval of funding for additional services required to facilitate discharge of one service user from a hospital, to a community placement at a nursing home.

The Sub-Committee agreed that the placement be funded, on a permanent basis, to facilitate the service user being discharged as a long-term patient, from a hospital setting and move to a community based placement in an appropriate nursing home.

Ken LYNN, Convener.