Issue - meetings

The report identifies the need to begin a statutory consultation period on the future delivery model for day opportunities currently delivered from the New Millennium Day Centre and Kingsbury Resource Centre. The report additionally identifies the need to carry out a co-production exercise and options appraisal process in parallel to the statutory consultation to ensure we make best use of existing resources, support the re-modelling of day opportunities services within the community and ensure the current service users eligible needs continue to be met.

(i)         that agreement be given to a 90 day statutory consultation on the future of New Millennium Day Centre and Kingsbury Resource Centre;

(ii)        that a co-production process be carried out alongside the statutory consultation.   Co-production will involve working collaboratively with the people who use, deliver or are most affected by proposed changes to day services provision to redesign opportunities within the borough to better support local need, to be more personalised and innovative and to be more cost effective;

(iii)       that an options appraisal be undertaken to establish potential future use of the Kingsbury Resource Centre and New Millennium Day Centre buildings in conjunction with stakeholders based on input from the consultation and the co-production;

(iv)       that it be noted that the individual needs of current service users will be thoroughly reviewed following any decision to change the way day services are delivered to ensure that their needs continue to be met and to reduce any negative impact on their wellbeing;

(v)        that it be noted that consultation with affected staff would be carried out with a view to minimising or avoiding compulsory redundancies following any decision to change the way services are delivered.

Councillor Hirani (Lead Member, Adults, Health and Well-being) introduced the report which identified the need to begin a statutory consultation period on the future delivery model for day opportunities currently delivered from the New Millennium Day Centre and Kingsbury Resource Centre. The report additionally identified the need to carry out a co-production exercise and options appraisal process in parallel to the statutory consultation to ensure the best use of existing resources, support the re-modelling of day opportunities services within the community and ensure the current service users eligible needs continued to be met.

Councillor Hirani expressed the wish to future-proof services for those assessed to be in need and welcomed the co-production exercise which would provide the opportunity to work with both users and organisations that currently provided alternative forms of day opportunities to identify where there were gaps in current market provision. The aim was to develop a service, in conjunction with key stakeholders, which was both sustainable and commercially viable in an increasingly competitive marketplace. Councillor Hirani advised that a social enterprise model would be considered and assured that carers would be consulted as part of the process.

RESOLVED:

(i)         that agreement be given to a 90 day statutory consultation on the future of New Millennium Day Centre and Kingsbury Resource Centre;

(ii)        that a co-production process be carried out alongside the statutory consultation.   Co-production will involve working collaboratively with the people who use, deliver or are most affected by proposed changes to day services provision to redesign opportunities within the borough to better support local need, to be more personalised and innovative and to be more cost effective;

(iii)       that an options appraisal be undertaken to establish potential future use of the Kingsbury Resource Centre and New Millennium Day Centre buildings in conjunction with stakeholders based on input from the consultation and the co-production;

(iv)       that it be noted that the individual needs of current service users would be thoroughly reviewed following any decision to change the way day services are delivered to ensure that their needs continue to be met and to reduce any negative impact on their wellbeing;

(v)        that it be noted that consultation with affected staff would be carried out with a view to minimising or avoiding compulsory redundancies following any decision to change the way services are delivered.