North Yorkshire Council

Care and Independence Overview and Scrutiny Committee

5 December 2024

Health and Adult Services Local Account 2023/24

1.0 Purpose of report

1.1       The purpose of this report is to introduce the Health and Adult Services Local Account 2023/24.

2.0       Background

2.1       The Local Account is an annual statement of HAS performance in delivering adult social care. The period covered for this Local Account is 1st April 2023 - 31st March 2024.

2.2       Whilst the main focus of the report is adult social care, it also references public health activities, more detail on which can be found in the Director of Public Health’s annual reports, available here: https://www.nypartnerships.org.uk/dphar

3.0       Issues

3.1       The Local Account is intended to effectively communicate the Directorate’s priorities and progress in a user-friendly and accessible way. We have continued to adapt the format of the report to meet these objectives. 

3.2       Structured around the Directorate’s improvement priorities for 2023/24, the Local Account also includes examples of our involvement work, and a new section to celebrate achievements.

3.3       The information included in the Local Account should be consistent with the Directorate’s self-assessment for the CQC local authority single assessment framework. This has been achieved through cross-referencing with the self-assessment and supporting information.

3.4       The Local Account includes Adult Social Care Outcomes Framework (ASCOF) measures: these measures provide comparative performance information, giving context to individual local authority performance. However, the ASCOF outturn is generally released late in the calendar year, and the Government has recently announced that the release date for the 2023/24 measures will be 19^th December 2024.

3.5       In order not to delay sharing the Local Account with the Committee, a placeholder has been included in the document, to be updated with the 2023/24 measures prior to publication. The ASCOF data will also be shared with the Committee, when available.

4.0       Milestones

4.1       Following Care and Independence Overview and Scrutiny Committee on 5^th December, the report will be updated with the ASCOF data when available and final approval for publication sought via the Executive Member for Health and Adult Services, Cllr. Harrison.

4.2       This approach will allow the Directorate to publish the report as early as possible (aiming for January/February 2025), as per discussions with the Committee in March this year.

5.0       Financial implications

5.1       There are no financial implications.

6.0       Legal implications

6.1       There are no legal implications. However, the Local Account provides a ‘shop window’ to complement the Directorate’s CQC self-assessment, which has a statutory basis.

7.0       Climate change implications

7.1       There are no climate change implications.

8.0       Equalities implications

8.1       The Local Account provides an opportunity to share the work of the Directorate to reduce inequalities and meet the needs of our diverse communities, including through our involvement activities.

9.0       Recommendations

9.1       The Care and Independence Overview and Scrutiny Committee are asked to note the content of the Local Account 2023/24.

Richard Webb

Corporate Director Health and Adult Services

County Hall

NORTHALLERTON

25 November 2024

Background Papers: None

Appendices:

Appendix A - Health and Adult Services Local Account 2023/24