Decision details

To meet Care Act duties relating to prevention the statutory guidance requires the Council to develop a prevention strategy on behalf of the borough.  In keeping with the Council’s corporate priority of encouraging social responsibility the Programme Board has agreed a framework which builds preventative support around the individual with an emphasis on self-help and access to universal service provision.  This Strategy will be developed in the context of the refresh of the Health and Wellbeing Strategy and presented to the Board for agreement.

Having discussed and commented upon the proposals set out in the report and the Prevention Framework attached to the report. 

The Board:

Noted the duties and responsibilities of the Council and its partners to help prevent, delay or reduce the likelihood of individuals developing increased needs for care and support as a whole Borough responsibility.

(ii)  Agreed the Prevention Framework, as set out in Appendix A to the report, and, in particular, agree the proposed next steps.

(iii)  Agreed that a comment about challenging age discrimination should be included.