Issue - meetings

As detailed in the recommendation.

Councillor Jones introduced the report which provided an overview of the North Wales Market Stability Report 2022 (MSR) which had been produced as a requirement of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014.

A single regional MSR report must be produced for the North Wales Region and be approved by Council for each of the local authority areas, and the Board of the Local Health Board.

The assessment of the care market should be produced and published by June 2022.  A draft of the report had been shared with Welsh Government (WG).  However, it had been made clear to WG that it was an early draft that had not yet been approved by the full Councils and the Health Board.  The approval process was taking place between July 2022 and October 2022 with the final version of the MSR going to the Regional Partnership Board (RPB) in November prior to it being submitted to WG.

The Chief Officer (Social Services) explained that the final MSR report must be published on all local authority websites, the Health Board website and the RPB website in both English and Welsh.  A copy of the report would also be submitted to Welsh Ministers.  The full MSR was a lengthy document and summary reports and an executive summary and accessible formats would also be made available in order to make the content and key messages more accessible and digestible.

The report was being considered by County Council the following day.

RESOLVED:

That the North Wales Market Stability Report 2022 be approved.