Issue - meetings

The Local Account 2014/15 was the Council’s statement about the quality of social care services in the Borough over 2014/15 and its way of being accountable to the local community and services users.  The Local Account also provided the basis for discussion about the quality and future development of social care services.  It had been decided for 2014/15 to present the Local Account information through a film rather than the more traditional paper based documents.

The film, which had been played immediately prior to the meeting, provided an insight into the services from a service user perspective.  The film also covered the changes that had occurred and these had included, personal budgets, dementia care, education, training, volunteer placement work, residential and end of life care provision, carers’ support, removing individual isolation and providing social contact as well as projected demands for the near future.  The film was already on the LBBD u-tube and sections of the film would also be taken to separate / targeted audiences.

The Board noted the partnership working, which had included the Joint Assessment and Discharge (JAD) service that had resulted in several hundred competently handled discharges from hospital.  The Board also noted that further work was being undertaken by North East London Foundation Trust (NELFT) and Barking and Dagenham Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) in regards to mental health.

The Chair thanked everybody involved in the making of the film and in the successful 2014/15 year.

Board Members were supportive of the novel use of a film in presenting the Local Account to the public and stakeholders and the Chair thanked everybody involved in its making.

The Board noted the Local Account 2014/15.