Issue - meetings

(i)            to note the content of the report;

(ii)          to instruct the Chief Officer to bring an update to the IJB in September 2024, of the intended improvement activity in order to achieve the target set; and

(iii)         to note that thereafter progress would be reported to each meeting of the Clinical and Care Governance Committee.

The Board had before it a report advising of the local response to the national oversight of Discharge Without Delay (DWD) following a letter to all Health and Social Care Partnerships from the Cabinet Secretary, Health and Social Care, on 4 July 2024, which outlined a national focus on DWD across local systems.  The Chief Officer – Social Work – Adults, spoke to the report and responded to questions from Members.

The report recommended:

that the Board:

(a)          note the content of the report;

(b)          instruct the Chief Officer to bring an update to the IJB in September 2024, of the intended improvement activity in order to achieve the target set; and

(c)          note that thereafter progress would be reported to each meeting of the Clinical and Care Governance Committee.

The Board resolved:-

to agree the recommendations.