Transformation of social care plans will mean better outcomes for Kirklees residents
We will further embed our Vision for Adult Social Care following the COVID-19 pandemic.
Consultancy firm Newton’s were appointed earlier this year to identify ways in which we could deliver better and improved outcomes for residents. Councillors discussed the outcomes of this work and suggested plans at a cabinet meeting today (21 December).
What will happen?
The plans include a two-year transformation programme that will ultimately seek to prevent, reduce and delay demand across the health and social care system in line with our Vision for Adult Social Care. The focus would be on effective and timely resolution of care needs; more people benefiting from wellbeing and preventative services, increasing the number of people who could benefit from care at home and maximising the use of assistive technology, equipment and housing adaptations. The aim is to help people earlier and therefore reduce the demand for long term care provision.
Budget savings
More efficient ways of working will reduce costs and ultimately save £9m-£13m by the end of the two-year programme in 2025.
Councillor Jackie Ramsay, Cabinet Member for Health and Social Care said:
“Working with people to make sure they can live well and independently is a core feature of our Vision for Adult Social Care. We want to promote wellbeing, independence and safety thereby reducing, delaying and preventing the demand for long term, intensive care.
“We will build on our work to enable people to be experts in their own care and wellbeing, to help them to choose a mixture of support that will achieve the outcomes that matter to them.”