Executive post

Cabinet Member for Health & Social Care

Description

Service portfolio 

 

Directorate and Service areas the Cabinet Member is responsible for and where the Corporate Director responsible and Officers within will report directly to: 

 

Adult Services & Health Directorate

Adult Social Work (incl. Direct Care and Business Delivery, Provider & Commissioned Care)

 

Adult Safeguarding

 

Hospital & Localities

 

Adult Learning Disabilities & Mental Health

 

Health & Public Health (incl. health partnerships, health inequalities & Health Control Unit at Heathrow)

 

Adult Social Services transport and travel

Residents Services Directorate

The Council’s Domestic Abuse services and support

 

Services to asylum seekers

 

Joint service portfolio with Cabinet Member for Children, Families & Education:

 

Adult Services & Health Directorate

Health integration / Voluntary Sector

 

Specific Delegations

 

Health partnerships

 

1)    The Cabinet Member shall be a Co-Chair of the Health and Wellbeing Board.

2)    Develop partnerships with other bodies, including the voluntary and community sector, to help residents live better lives.

3)    To provide link contact between the Council and the local health and care partners, e.g. Clinical Commissioning Group / GPs.

4)    Assess and monitor health inequalities and develop strategies with health partners to reduce those inequalities

 

Other

 

5)    To consider monthly reports on sensitive services and those with significant budget implications, e.g. placements in residential homes.

6)    To make determination appeals against decisions to charge for home care and day care services.

7)    Jointly with the Cabinet Member for Finance & Transformation, to make decisions on the release of monies for capital projects within their remit at and exceeding £100,000.

 

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