The Council has less money to spend; the inquiry panel’s assumption was that this would diminish levels of consultation and engagement with the public, staff and interested groups. In the end, it found that capitalising on, and making improvements to existing mechanisms would improve engagement without the need to spend more money. The panel made quite […]
Local Service Board Scrutiny: why it matters
June 25, 2014 by Leave a Comment
A new scrutiny performance panel has been set up to look at the work of Swansea’s Local Service Board. The Local Service Board is responsible for tackling some of the major problems that impact on the citizens of Swansea, including domestic abuse, adult qualifications, economic inactivity, debt, preventable early deaths, life expectancy, older people’s independence. […]
Talking to providers about social care at home
March 19, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Social Care at Home Scrutiny Panel members met with a number of providers of social care at home (aka domiciliary care) recently, to learn about the service they provide and to give the councillors a unique opportunity to hear about concerns and issues that may be affecting the current system. The Social Care at Home Panel members were […]
Call For Evidence: Social Care at Home Scrutiny Inquiry Panel
March 7, 2014 by Leave a Comment
A new scrutiny inquiry panel has started which is looking at ways in which Swansea Council and its partners can support elderly people to remain in their own homes, instead of being forced to move to residential care or nursing homes. Over the next few months the Panel will be looking into many aspects of social care at home, or domiciliary care (previously referred to […]
Three ways that your partnership can improve public engagement
December 9, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Generally, as citizens we are happy to get involved and share our views on issues that affect us. However, partnerships, like Local Service Boards, struggle with this and this is no different for Swansea’s LSB. Here are three suggestions your partnership might want to think about The Public Engagement Scrutiny Inquiry Panel questioned how Swansea’s […]
New Inquiry Panel Supports Social Care at Home
October 31, 2013 by Leave a Comment
As the demand for the number of people being cared for in their own homes is increasing, this is putting more and more pressure on the Council and its partners, as they try to meet the demand with limited resources and staff levels. A new Scrutiny Inquiry Panel has been developed, which will look to answer […]