Decision details

(a)       That the immediate and longer-term challenges faced in Flintshire be noted;

(b)       That the need for national reform in the funding of the social care sector in Wales be supported, and the position to engage with a new Welsh Government to develop solutions as a matter of urgency be endorsed;

(c)        That the Committee accepts the Residential Care Review and the recommendations within the report be endorsed;

(d)       That Councillor Aaron Shotton contacts all local authorities in Wales to invite them to press the Welsh Government for adequate and sustainable funding for social care; and

(e)       That Councillor Aaron Shotton makes contact with the new Minister for Health and Social Services to present the case for additional funding for the care sector.