Decision details

Community Equipment Service - (Cllr Philip Corthorne)

Decision Maker: CABINET

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Is Key decision?: No

Is subject to call in?: Yes

Decisions:

RESOLVED

 

That Cabinet delegates to the Cabinet Member for Social Services, Health and Housing the authority to appoint a contractor(s) to provide the equipment loan and chemical toilet emptying, telecare and short-term wheelchair services in Hillingdon on advice from officers.

 

Reasons for decision

 

An effective community equipment service is essential to enable disabled people, (adults and children), to live independently in their own homes for as long as possible. This objective reflects what disabled people have told us in consultations that have been undertaken as part of the process of developing the Older People’s and Disabled People’s Plans. It is also critical to delivering the Sustainable Community Strategy objective of improving health and well being of the Borough’s residents.

 

It was not possible to make a recommendation to Cabinet to award the contract (s) at the time of the Cabinet meeting because the lead authority was still undertaking detailed financial analysis. Cabinet authority was therefore required to delegate this significant contract award to the Cabinet Member.

 

Alternative options considered and rejected

 

Cabinet could have delayed a decision on this contract to its meeting in September.

 

Officers to action:

 

Beverley Grayley, Adult Social Care, Health & Housing

 

Exempt Information

 

This report was included in Part II as it contained information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the Authority holding that information) and the public interest in withholding the information outweighed the public interest in disclosing it (exempt information under paragraph 3 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Local Government (Access to Information) Act 1985 as amended.

 

Publication date: 17/07/2009

Date of decision: 16/07/2009

Decided at meeting: 16/07/2009 - CABINET

Effective from: 25/07/2009

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