Agenda

Care and Independence Overview and Scrutiny Committee - Thursday, 27 March 2025 10.00 am

Venue: Grand Meeting Room, County Hall, Northallerton

Contact: Melanie Carr  Email: Melanie.Carr1@northyorks.gov.uk

Items
No. Item

1.

Apologies for Absence

2.

Minutes of the Meeting held on 15 December 2024 pdf icon PDF 367 KB

3.

Declarations of Interest

All Members are invited to declare at this point any interests they have in items appearing on this agenda, including the nature of those interests.

4.

Public Participation

Members of the public may ask questions or make statements at this meeting if they have given notice to Melanie Carr of Democratic Services and supplied the text (contact details below) by midday on Monday 24 March 2025, three working days before the day of the meeting.  Each speaker should limit themselves to 3 minutes on any item.  Members of the public who have given notice will be invited to speak:-

·            at this point in the meeting if their questions/statements relate to matters which are not otherwise on the Agenda (subject to an overall time limit of 30 minutes);

·            when the relevant Agenda item is being considered if they wish to speak on a matter which is on the Agenda for this meeting.

If you are exercising your right to speak at this meeting, but do not wish to be recorded, please inform the Chairman who will instruct anyone who may be taking a recording to cease while you speak.

 

5.

Update on Ongoing Work to Improve Support for Carers pdf icon PDF 1 MB

Report on unpaid carers and ongoing work to improve support.  Presented by Sally Anderson (HAS) and Elizabeth McPherson (Carers Plus, Yorkshire).

6.

Attendance of Older People's Champion pdf icon PDF 447 KB

To consider the Older People’s Champion Annual Report 2024-2025, as presented by Councillor Caroline Dickinson.

7.

Complex Care for Working Age Adults pdf icon PDF 6 MB

Report on Working Age Adults Complex Care, Supportive Housing and the Newton Report 2024.  Presented by Elaine Hewitt, Michael Rudd and Natalie Smith (HAS).

8.

Draft Work Programme 2025-2026 pdf icon PDF 364 KB

9.

Any Other Items

Any other items which the Leader agrees should be considered as a matter of urgency because of special circumstances

10.

Date of Next Meeting - 21 July 2025

Members are reminded that in order to expedite business at the meeting and enable Officers to adapt their presentations to address areas causing difficulty, they are encouraged to contact Officers prior to the meeting with questions on technical issues in reports.