Cllr Keith Taylor

A report looking at the performance and monitoring of services for adults found that of 17 providers of day care services for those with mental health problems, only eight met the council’s own service level targets.
 
Green City Cllr Keith Taylor, who addressed the Adult Social Care and Health Cabinet Member meeting considering the report, said:
“I was shocked to hear that over half the city’s day care providers were sub standard.
 
“For the Conservatives to allow this situation to drift without an immediate action plan to rectify the problems is letting service users down and failing in their responsibilities to the city."
 
Cllr Taylor called on Cllr Ken Norman, the Cabinet Member responsible for Adult Social Care and Health, to remedy the situation immediately. Cllr Taylor added:
“We need swift decisive action to right this wrong, and we are calling on Cllr Ken Norman to get this problem solved without the delay of waiting for a once-year review.
 
“To entrust people with mental health problems to be cared for by agencies without agreed service levels in place is a negation of duty.
 
“With the number of these providers set to increase dramatically it’s difficult to have faith that the Tories will be able to exert any meaningful control over them, which could lead to increased risks for the vulnerable individuals in their charge.”

Councillor Ken Norman, cabinet member for adult social care, said:
“The services covered by the report included specialist support providers where performance is assessed in different ways, through both quality and quantitive measures. The council monitors these services closely and will always take action to deal with poor quality provision.”
 
 
The full report can be viewed online at:
present.brighton-hove.gov.uk/Published/C00000151/M0000216 /$$ADocPackPublic.pdf