Issue - meetings

Background:

This report provided details of the options available to the Council to set the longer-term strategy for mental health social care in Medway, following Cabinet’s decision on 20 December 2011, to deliver mental health social work services for adults, directly, from 1 February 2012. The Cabinet also instructed officers to evaluate and bring proposals to Cabinet by June 2012 to determine the future delivery of mental health care management and services.

This report provided five options for the development of a longer-term mental social care strategy for Medway. The Health and Adult Social Care Overview and Scrutiny Committee considered this report on 22 May 2012 and recommended to Cabinet to agree to option 1 in the report, to retain the service in Council management and to review the matter after a twelve month period, setting out the weightings on the advantages and disadvantages of any options put forward for future delivery of the service.

Reasons:

This will provide service continuity for a further 12 months prior to a further review of the service.