Decisions

The CMHT is a multidisciplinary team comprising of staff from Pennine Care Foundation Trust and Bury council.

The current management structure is not representative of the multidisciplinary nature of the service and the proposal below is to address this and to enable Health staff to progress within the service whilst also releasing a small financial saving for Adult Social Care.

Integrated Care delivered at neighbourhood level is at the heart of Bury’s health and care delivery services and Bury has 5 of these integrated health and care teams (INT) across Bury Council.

The Care at Home service supports the vulnerable people of Bury with their assessed needs under the Care Act 2014. This includes support with personal care, moving and handling, nutrition and hydration, and medication.

Bury Council currently commissions the Bury VCFA to facilitate the Bury Older People’s Network (BOPN). The three-year contract ends on 31 August 2024. The contract value is £20k in total for the three years and is currently paid for out of the Grace Rigby Fund.

The better care fund is a pooled budget that seeks to improve integration and funds many of our integrated services.

Killelea House Intermediate Care Facility provides care and support for vulnerable people with the emphasis on increasing people’s independence to live on their own for longer.

In February 2024 as part of the councils setting process the councils community intermediate care beds were consolidated from 60 to 49 to deliver a saving. This involved reducing the number of beds but also converting some posts from agency to permanent. This paper represents this phase of that proposal and sees 5 permanent posts created within the choices for living well service. This is being made now the beds have been closed and all the users being supported by those beds discharged.

Addition of 2x part time therapy staff to further enhance adult social care reviewing team.

Bury Council’s Adult Social Care department has committed to a significant programme of transformation and improvement. With an ambitious strategic plan, Adult Social Care continues to deliver the Council’s statutory duties relating to the delivery of social care to people aged over 18. Adult Social Care has a strong track record in achieving savings supporting Bury’s Council’s continued financial viability whilst managing increasing demand on its services due to an ageing population, the cost-of-living crisis and increasing complexity in need. The department is also preparing for imminent regulatory inspection by the Care Quality Commission and is embedding redesigned governance arrangements to ensure greater assurance, accountability, and efficiency