That the contents of the Torbay Council Adult Social Care Self-Assessment Report (as set out in Appendix to the submitted report) and the requirement for the Torbay Council Adult Social Care Self-Assessment Report to be published on the Council’s website be noted.

To provide information on the findings of the self-assessment for Adult Social Care as part of the readiness and preparation for the CQC inspection.

There were no alternative options considered.

This decision will come into force and may be implemented on 28 July 2025 unless the call-in procedure is triggered (as set out in the Standing Orders in relation to Overview and Scrutiny).

As part of the Health and Care Act 2022 the Care Quality Commission (CQC) had been given additional responsibilities and powers to review, assess and report on Council regulated adult social care functions under Part One of the 2014 Care Act, such as prevention, information and advice, market shaping and support services.  As part of the preparation work a self-assessment had been completed using the Local Government Association Workbook.  Information had been gathered and refined over the last 8 months.  There was a review of the safeguarding section by Partners in Health and Care in March 2023.  It had also been tested by staff and commissioners in Adult Social Care (ASC) as well as through the South West Association of Adult Social Services CQC peer support.  The document was written over Quarter 3 of 2023/24.

This self-assessment had been updated in 2025 as part of the information return that was required by them, when the Council received the first notice of inspection.

At the meeting Councillor Tranter proposed and Councillor David Thomas seconded a motion that was agreed unanimously by the Cabinet, as set out above.

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