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COMMUNITY CARE PROVIDERS SCOTLAND
Meeting of the CCPS Council
17 December 2009, Dundee Hilton, Early Grey Place, DUNDEE
MINUTES
Present
Nigel Henderson Penumbra (in the chair)
Kate Fearnley Alzheimer Scotland
Martin Crewe Barnardo’s Scotland
Sam Sinclair Camphill Scotland
Maria Ullibarri Carr-Gomm Scotland
John Grant Cornerstone
Nicky Fraser Crossreach
Edwin Wilkinson Crossroads Caring Scotland
Norman Dunning Enable Scotland
Peter Scott Enable Scotland
Irene Suttie Glasgow Housing Association
Angela Morgan Includem
Cath Avery Inspire
Morag Harris Inspire
Malcolm Matheson Key Housing Association
Steven Warner Kibble Education and Care
Dawn Craig Momentum Care
Ruth Dorman Momentum Care
Dana O’Dwyer Mungo Foundation
Gerry Wells Quarriers
Tom Halpin SACRO
Lydia Okroj Scottish Women’s Aid
Martin Cawley Turning Point Scotland
In attendance:
Annie Gunner Logan CCPS
Kirsten Gooday CCPS
Yvette Burgess HSEU
Lisa Pattoni VSSSWU
1. Apologies received
Jane Gray Ark HA
Anne Houston Children 1st
Linda Headland ELCAP
Helen Murdoch Hanover HA
Hugh Cairns LAMH
Cathy Fallon Loretto Housing Association
Billy Watson SAMH
Isobel Lawson Stepping Stones for Families
John Keenan Visualise
2. Minutes of the meeting held on 17 September 2009
Accepted as a true record.
3. Matters arising
AGL updated members on progress on the Joint Improvement Team procurement guidance, which is due for publication early next year, and attempts to persuade SWIA or Audit Scotland to look in detail at previous procurement processes.
AGL also reported on developments in relation to the Public Service Reform Bill, where CCPS is promoting that the new social care regulator should take a whole systems approach; it is now likely that the Government will introduce and amendment to the Bill requiring local authorities to take account of inspection reports and gradings from the regulator. She also noted that a query had arisen as to whether the new regulator would have the power to inspect care provider organizations, corporately, as well as their services, and that this was in the process of being clarified.
4. CCPS membership update
Since the last meeting in September, Mainstay Trust have left membership for financial reasons, and Renfrewshire Association for Mental Health have joined. The membership therefore remains stable at 64.
5. CCPS representation on working groups/committees: update
Since the last meeting in September, CCPS has been asked to provide representatives for five new external working groups: Scottish Government Complex Care/Delayed Discharge Working Group (Jane Gray, Ark HA); Scottish Government Child at the Centre group (Anne Houston, Children 1st); Housing Support Statistics group (Kate Clark, Glasgow Simon Community); Scottish Privacy Forum (Kirsten Gooday, CCPS); and Third Sector Employability Forum (Sam Anderson, SAMH). In addition, the following representatives have changed: Sharon Ward (Ark HA) replaces Karen Kerr (Margaret Blackwood HA) on the Housing Support Outcomes Steering Group, and Blanche Nicholson (Hansel Alliance) replaces Lesley Milligan (Margaret Blackwood HA) on the South Ayrshire Adult Protection Committee.
6. AOCB
Martin Crewe asked about the provider optimism survey conducted in November, and AGL confirmed that this would be published shortly [NB the report can be found on the CCPS website at http://www.ccpscotland.org/news/stories/results-of-first-ccps-provider-optimism-survey-released]
NH reported on a meeting he had attended with John Swinney and other third sector representatives.
Martin Cawley asked about developments in the Edinburgh re-tender, and AGL updated members on the appointment of external auditors to evaluate the tender process.
7. Date of next meeting
Meeting dates for 2010 are:
· Thursday 25 March: Edinburgh
· Thursday 10 June: Glasgow
· Thursday 16 September: Dundee
· Thursday 16 December: Edinburgh
The following sessions took place after the council meeting:
Scottish Social Services Council
New SSSC Chief Executive Anna Fowlie outlined her plans for the organisation, and took questions from members.
Single Outcome Agreements
Kirsten Gooday highlighted the main findings from CCPS’ analysis of the most recent tranche of Single Outcome Agreements, and invited comments on how CCPS might progress the localism agenda. Copies of the full CCPS report, and an executive summary, can be downloaded from http://www.ccpscotland.org/publications/research-reports
Future Trends in Public Spending
Rory Mair, Chief Executive of COSLA, outlined current thinking around the scale of future cuts in public spending, and how CCPS might work with COSLA to ensure that these do not disproportionately affect social care budgets. A copy of Rory’s presentation is available on the members’ section of the CCPS website.
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