Continuing Care Scrutiny Task Group

• Purpose of the Task Group
• Meetings
• Membership
• Get involved

Purpose of the Task Group

Continuing Care is a generic term for long-term health and social care for elderly and disabled people. Services provided to people who meet the fully-funded NHS Continuing Care criteria have historically mainly consisted of a place in a long stay hospital or a care home. However, recent practice is focusing on providing more care in the individual’s own home. Strategic Health Authorities were supposed to have had criteria for all three care levels drawn up by April 2004. There is currently partial agreement to the criteria for Older People. Further work is underway to clarify funding responsibility (NHS/local authority) for people with a learning disability, people with a mental health problem and children. The South West London Strategic Health Authority is also reviewing the older people policy after a year’s implementation. While much of this has to be decided across the boroughs covered by the South-West London Strategic Health Authority, there is scope for the implementation of the policy at local authority level. There is therefore be a role for a Scrutiny Task Group to look at e.g. the functioning of the Continuing Care Panel.

Meetings

12.4.05 - Richmond and Twickenham PCT - Approval of Task Group Final Report by the PCT Board

• See the minutes of the PCT Board meeting by selecting the first pdf attachment of the following document: http://www.richmondandtwickenham.nhs.uk/files/documents/20050506-1004-BoardAgenda_.doc

15.3.05 - Social Care and Housing O&S Committee endorses the Task Group's Final Report

22.2.05 - Task Group approves the Final Report

• Continuing Care Scrutiny Task Group - Final Report(pdf, 944KB)

8.2.05 - Task Group considers first draft of Final Report

26.1.05 - Discussion on draft Continuing Care criteria for children with physical disability

• Agenda 26.1.05(pdf, 19KB)
• Task Group comments on draft Children's Criteria 26.1.05(pdf, 27KB)
• Notes of meeting 26.1.05(pdf, 26KB)

Other papers for 26.1.05:

• Draft Children's Continuing Care Criteria(pdf, 68KB)
• Responsible Commissioner Guidance (DoH 2003)(pdf, 57KB)

24.1.05 - All-day session to look at anonymised Continuing Care cases

• Uncorrected notes of meeting 24.1.05(pdf, 83KB)

21.1.05 - Fact-finding meeting with LBRuT Service Manager, (Disabled Children)

• Notes of meeting 21.1.05(pdf, 27KB)

19.1.05, 7pm - Comparison of Continuing Care assessment panels in Richmond with RB Kingston

• Agenda 19.1.05(pdf, 15KB)
• Uncorrected notes of meeting 19.1.05(pdf, 71KB)

Other papers for 19.1.05:

• LBRuT - Adults Panel arrangements(pdf, 32KB)

19.1.05, 2.30pm - Fact-finding meeting with Mental Health officers

• Notes of meeting with Mental Health officers 19.1.05(pdf, 23KB)

18.1.05 - Fact-finding meeting with PCT Children's Continuing Care Co-ordinator

• Notes of meeting 18.1.05(pdf, 34KB)

13.1.05 - Discussion on SWLSHA All Adults Agreement covering criteria and operational guidance

• Agenda 13.1.05(pdf, 17KB)
• Suggestions for changes to All Adults Agreement + SHA response(pdf, 107KB)

Other papers for 13.1.05:

• South West London Continuing Care Policy for all adults with its operational guidance(pdf, 141KB)
• Appendices(pdf, 107KB)
• Notes of SHA Continuing Care meeting 8.11.04(pdf, 58KB)
• Task Group Action Plan as at 10.1.05(pdf, 54KB)

12.1.05 - Fact-finding meeting with People with Learning Disability (PLD) officers

• Notes of meeting 12.1.05(pdf, 33KB)

16.12.04 - Presentation by Simon Stockton and Kendel Fairley (consultants for the local authorities and SHA respectively)

• Agenda 16.12.04(pdf, 17KB)
• Notes of meeting 16.12.04(pdf, 36KB)

Other papers for 16.12.04:

• DoH Note to SHAs re Continuing Care
• DoH/Melanie Henwood Review
• Presentation by consultants

22.11.04 - Task Group Scoping Meeting

• Agenda 22.11.04(pdf, 67KB)
• Notes of meeting 22.11.04(pdf, 71KB)

Other papers for 22.11.04:

• App A - Background paper(pdf, 114KB)
• App B - PCT Continuing Care Report(pdf, 118KB)
• App C - SW London Panel Review Report(pdf, 248KB)
• App D - London Good Practice Guidelines(pdf, 189KB)
• App E - Evaluation of Pen Picture Exercise(pdf, 781KB)
• App F - Pen Picture Details(pdf, 616KB)
• App G - SHA Continuing Care Activity(pdf, 52KB)

Membership

Cllr Denise Carr (Chairman)
Cllr Virginia Morris
Margaret Dangoor
Kathy Sheldon (Public and Patient Involvement Forum)
Rhoda Frazer (Richmond Age Concern)

Get Involved

If you would like any more information about the Group's work please contact:

Jonathan Hill-Brown

Telephone: 020 8891 7191
Email: scrutiny@richmond.gov.uk