Decision details

a)      That the comments of the Adults and Communities Overview and Scrutiny Committee be noted;

b)       That the draft ‘Delivering Wellbeing and Opportunity in Leicestershire: Adults and Communities Department Ambitions and Strategy for 2020–2024’ (attached as Appendix A to the report), and the associated consultation document (attached as Appendix B) be approved for consultation;

c)       A further report be submitted to the Cabinet in summer 2020 presenting the outcome of the consultation and the final Strategy for approval.

(KEY DECISION)

REASONS FOR DECISION:

The Director of Adults and Communities requires the Cabinet’s permission to undertake a formal consultation exercise on the ambitions and Strategy for adult social care, library, museums and heritage, and adult learning service delivery in the coming four-year period. 

The draft Strategy for 2020-24 has been developed to fulfil statutory duties and provide a basis for the Adults and Communities Department’s vision, planning, commissioning and delivery of services up until 2024.

The views of service users and other stakeholders are necessary to inform the Department’s future approach and to determine how this can be best achieved through the provision and commissioning of services.