Issue - meetings

-        Director of Health and Wellbeing to present

The Director of Health and Wellbeing submitted a reported about the Winterbourne Stocktake of the progress made in Rotherham against the key commitments required by the Winterbourne Joint Improvement Programme established in 2012 following the emergence of the scandal of sustained ill treatment of people with a learning disability at the Winterbourne View Hospital.

Contained within the Stocktake document were specific questions asked in each of the eleven specific areas under consideration and reported upon accordingly. Issues included partnership working, co-ordinated financial management, case management of individuals, reviews, safeguarding, commissioning, local team working, crisis management, understanding future needs, transition planning from Children’s Services into Adult Services and understanding future requirements.

The Stocktake document for Rotherham was able to demonstrate excellent partnership working arrangements across Health and Social Care which were meeting the overall requirements in all the areas of the Joint Improvement Programme.

Reference was also made to (i) the Joint Self-Assessment on Learning Disabilities and (ii) the Autism Self Assessment, both of which will be reported to future meetings of this Health and Wellbeing Board.

It was noted that the report would also be submitted to the Rotherham Local Safeguarding Children Board.

Resolved:- That the Winterbourne Stocktake report, as now submitted, be noted and its contents endorsed.