Issue - meetings

To submit a report by the Director of Social Services.

It was resolved to recommend that Full Council approve the North Wales Population Needs Assessment 2022.

The report of the Director of Social Services providing an overview of the North Wales Population Needs Assessment 2022 was presented for the Executive’s consideration. The Assessment has been produced in accordance with the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 which requires local authorities and health boards to produce and publish an assessment in the form of a report by April, 2022.

The Chair and Portfolio Member for Social Services presented the report saying that it is the product of many contributors with feedback having been provided by staff, partner organisations, service users and the general public to identify strategy needs for care and support.

The Head of Adults’ Services confirmed that the assessment was engagement led and that it provides an indication of care and support needs within the population of North Wales and identifies areas of unmet needs and gaps in provision. It enables the Authority to take stock of its position against that of the other authorities within the region and provides a foundation for future commissioning strategies and plans both jointly with partners on a regional basis and on an Anglesey specific basis. The assessment leads to the Market Stability Report which authorities are also required to produce which is an assessment of the sufficiency of care and support provision following on from which an action plan will be produced early in 2023 highlighting the areas which the Authority believes it should focus on.

Councillor Gwilym O. Jones, Chair of the Partnership and Regeneration Scrutiny Committee reported from the Committee’s 8 March, 2022 meeting which had scrutinised the North Wales Population Needs Assessment for 2022. Councillor Jones said that the Committee had had a productive discussion and had raised a number of points in connection with the purpose of the Assessment and how it might inform future plans and strategies; the extent to which the data collected is a fair reflection of the care and support needs of Anglesey’s population; areas of service requiring development and further strengthening, and the arrangements and timetable for preparing specialist assessment for children with autism. Having been provided with assurance on these points the Committee had resolved to recommend the North Wales Population Needs Assessment 2022 to the Executive to endorse.

It was resolved to recommend that Full Council approve the North Wales Population Needs Assessment 2022.