Issue - meetings

This report asks the Cabinet Member to approve the North Yorkshire and York Dementia Strategy, and the local plan to deliver the Strategy in York.  It also seeks agreement to sign up to the Dementia Declaration.

RESOLVED:

(a)  That the North Yorkshire and York Dementia Strategy be approved.

(b)  That the report of the York Dementia Working Group be noted.

(c)  That officers sign up to the Dementia Declaration.

(d)  That the action plan proposed in Annex D of the report be agreed.

(e)  That an update be received on the Dementia Without Walls project and that officers from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation be invited to attend the meeting.

Reason:         To improve the quality of life for those living with dementia.

The Cabinet Member consider a report that requested her approval on the North Yorkshire and York Dementia Strategy and the local plan to deliver the Strategy in York.  The Cabinet Member also considered whether officers should sign up to the Dementia Declaration.

Officers gave an update and gave their apologies for not bringing the report to an earlier meeting but they had been co-ordinating with other parties.  Officers confirmed that the National Dementia Strategy for England was published on 3 February 2009 and the North Yorkshire and York Primary Care Trust had been leading work since then to develop a joint local dementia strategy covering both City of York and North Yorkshire County Council. Officers stated that a separate York working group had been in place since 2010 which had  identified the priorities for York from the National Strategy and officers were actively trying to achieve these priorities.

The Cabinet Member thanked officers for the report and stated that she would like to receive an update at a future meeting. She was pleased to see that a new strategy for early diagnosis and support was in place.

Officers confirmed they had been actively working with the Joseph Rowntree Foundation on a project called ‘Dementia Without Walls’ which was a 12 month project to support people living with dementia. It was agreed that an update would be brought to a future meeting and officers from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation would be invited to attend.¹

RESOLVED:

(a)  That the North Yorkshire and York Dementia Strategy be approved.

(b)  That the report of the York Dementia Working Group be noted.

(c)  That officers sign up to the Dementia Declaration.

(d)  That the action plan proposed in Annex D of the report be agreed.

(e)  That an update be received on the Dementia Without Walls project and that officers from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation be invited to attend the meeting.

Reason:         To improve the quality of life for those living with dementia.