North Yorkshire Council

 

Care and Independence Overview and Scrutiny Committee

 

27 January 2026

 

Health and Adult Services Local Account 2024/25

 

1.0          Purpose of report

 

1.1       The purpose of this report is to introduce the Health and Adult Services Local Account 2024/25.

 

 

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 2024 - 31st March 2025.

 

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: Director of Public Health annual report 2024 to 2025 | North Yorkshire Council

 

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. To strengthen the accessibility of the report, we held conversations with involvement groups and made changes in response to their feedback. This includes simplifying the report and the language used, and creating a summary version in a range of formats including large print, audio and easy read.

 

3.2       The report is structured around the Directorate’s improvement priorities for 2024/25, and includes examples of involvement work, achievements, and customer feedback. The CQC inspection result is also briefly referenced, with a fuller account to be included in next year’s report.

 

3.3       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 was not released until 18th December 2025; analysis of the results is underway.

 

3.4       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 2024/25 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 27th January, 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 early February 2026).

 

5.0       Financial implications

 

5.1       There are no financial implications.

 

6.0       Legal implications

 

6.1       There are no legal implications.

 

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       Reasons for recommendations

 

9.1       The recommendation is made on the basis that the Local Account provides a useful overview of the activity and performance of the Health and Adult Services Directorate.

 

10.0     Recommendation

 

10.1     That the Care and Independence Overview and Scrutiny Committee notes the content of the Local Account 2024/25.

 

 

Richard Webb

Corporate Director Health and Adult Services

 

County Hall

NORTHALLERTON

 

13 January 2026

 

BACKGROUND PAPERS: None

 

APPENDICES:

Appendix A: Health and Adult Services Local Account 2024/25