Agenda item

Report of the Deputy Chief Executive (People)

The Cabinet Member considered a report of the Deputy Chief Executive (People) regarding the Adult Care Services 2018 market position statement.

Coventry City Council together with its main commissioning partner, Coventry and Rugby Clinical Commissioning Group, were striving to develop a diverse, vibrant and high-quality health and social care market to meet the needs and aspirations of the people in Coventry who required support now and in the future.  The Care Act 2014 placed duties on local authorities to promote the efficient and effective operation of the market for adult care and support as a whole.

Engaging with the local care market was a key part of market development so that all providers (existing and prospective) were aware of the challenges facing Adult Social Care and health services along with some of the key areas where changes in need, demand and supply signal the requirement for services to be shaped and developed.  The Market Position Statement (MPS) for adult care services was a tool for enabling this engagement and was cited as central for local authorities in fulfilling legal duties within the Act to shape and develop the social care market.

The MPS focused on both current activity and future opportunities across the whole adult social care market and sought to provide a balance between description and analysis with access to a range of data.  The current document improved on the previous version in a number of ways detailed in the report including inclusion of joint health and social care provision particularly short-term enablement and preventative services and clearer commissioning intentions based on more thorough analysis of need/demand information. 

The long-term intention was for the MPS to become a live online document that could be updated as and when required using data and information from the Joint Strategic Needs Analysis (JSNA) so that it remained relevant and kept pace with changes within Adult Social Care nationally and locally.  The document would be used to underpin ongoing engagement with providers through a number of activities.  It would also form the basis of a Market Development Plan to be produced early 2019. 

The report noted that it was a legal requirement of the Care Act (2014) to shape and develop the social care market.  Section 4.33 of the statutory guidance stated that local authorities must work to develop markets for care and support whilst recognising that individual providers may exit the market from time to time and ensure the overall provision of services remained healthy in terms of sufficiency of provision of high quality care and support needed to meet expected needs.  Section 4.56 of the statutory guidance suggested that its duties in relation to market shaping could best be met through the development of a market position statement.  There were not considered to be any alternative options which would meet the legislative requirements of the Care Act (2014).

The Cabinet Member and Shadow Cabinet Member discussed the following areas with the officers present:

·  Improvements

·  Information from the Joint Strategic Needs Analysis

·  The Live online document

RESOLVED that the Cabinet Member

1.  Approve the Market Position Statement - Adult Care Services 2018   for engagement with the market around social care provision   shaping and commissioning plans; and

2.  Receive a report on the associated Market Development Plan at the   January 2019 meeting