Issue - meetings

The Board received the final report of the Scrutiny Review undertaken in 2021/22, titled North West Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (NWADASS) Elected Member Commission – ‘The impact of Covid-19 on People with Care and Support Needs, their Families, Carers and Communities’.

It was noted that the Elected Member Social Care Commission was established as part of a North West ADASS approach to learning lessons from the Covid-19 pandemic.  In particular, the role of the Commission was to investigate the impact of the pandemic on people and communities in the North West and what lessons could be learnt for further waves of infection and future service design.

The report explained how the review was conducted; presented information that was considered by the topic group over the course of five meetings; and gave the actions agreed in relation to each of the ten NWADASS recommendations, which were the focus of the scrutiny topic in terms of looking at local implementation.

RESOLVED:  That the Board

1)    notes the contents of the report and comments made; and

2)    endorses the report and associated actions and recommend the report be submitted to the Executive Board.