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The Committee received and considered the report from the Group Manager, Housing Health & Wellbeing which summarised the two consultations which were currently being undertaken by Norfolk County Council and the potential impact on the residents of the Borough. The impact of these proposals was going to be significant for both service users and organisations delivering service to vulnerable people in the Borough.
Councillor Williamson reported that he accepted that County had to make cuts but he was extremely concerned that Health and Social Care should be joined up and not considered as separate funding streams within the Sustainable Transformation Plan in order to deliver a coherent service. Councillor Williamson also felt that the recommendations were not robust enough and that Norfolk should be urged to conduct a thorough systems wide review.
Councillor Waters-Bunn reported that the warden service was a lifeline to many sheltered housing tenants.
The Director of Housing & Neighbourhoods reported that the report highlighted that a prevention service was being pitted against a crisis service and that he would liaise with the Group Manager, Housing Health & Wellbeing regarding strengthening the resolutions.
RESOLVED:
(i) That the Committee respond to the consultation documents to express their concern in terms of both the level of savings proposed and the timeframe within which they were expected to be delivered
(ii) That the Committee highlight that the proposals did not take account of the impact on the wider system and did not address the issue of increasing demand on acute services, therefore, these proposals were unlikely to deliver any real savings; and
(iii) That the Committee recommend a thorough, systems wide review, as part of the development of the Sustainable Transformation Plan.