Issue - meetings

Report by Area Manager – Adult Care

Caroline Henderson, the Local Area Manager for Oban and Community took the Committee through a quarterly generic report, updating on the relevant issues regarding Adult Care within the area.

The report has been broken down into the following areas: Generic, Operational, Social Work, Extended Community Care Team, Home Care and other pertinent areas of work including Integration of Health and Social Care services.

Ms Henderson advised the Committee that Oban, Lorn and the Isles has the largest number of Adult Protection referrals in Argyll and Bute with most referrals coming from Police Scotland.  She updated the Committee on the Locality Groups, advising that there is one for Oban and the surrounding areas, and one for the Islands, and that elected members would be invited to take part in these groups.

Decision

The Committee unanimously noted the contents of the report and information provided by the Local Area Manager.

(Report by Area Manager – Adult Care dated 1^st February 2016, submitted).