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Y Pwyllgor Iechyd a Gofal Cymdeithasol Health and Social Care Committee
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24 October 2011 |
Dear Colleague
The National Assembly for Wales’ Health and Social Care Committee is undertaking an inquiry into residential care for older people. The terms of reference for the inquiry are as follows:
To examine the provision of residential care in Wales and the ways in which it can meet the current and future needs of older people, including:
- the process by which older people enter residential care and the availability and accessibility of alternative community-based services, including reablement services and domiciliary care.
- the capacity of the residential care sector to meet the demand for services from older people in terms of staffing resources, including the skills mix of staff and their access to training, and the number of places and facilities, and resource levels.
- the quality of residential care services and the experiences of service users and their families; the effectiveness of services at meeting the diversity of need amongst older people; and the management of care home closures.
- the effectiveness of the regulation and inspection arrangements for residential care, including the scope for increased scrutiny of service providers’ financial viability.
- new and emerging models of care provision.
- the balance of public and independent sector provision, and alternative funding, management, and ownership models, such as those offered by the cooperative, mutual sector and third sector, and Registered Social Landlords.
Please note that the Committee has agreed to focus the inquiry on residential care, although nursing care will inevitably be touched upon during discussions. The Committee has also decided to focus its attention on the provision of services for older people for the purpose of this inquiry.
Invitation to contribute to the inquiry
The Committee welcomes evidence from both individuals and organisations. If you are responding on behalf of an organisation, please provide a brief description of the role of your organisation.
We will be holding oral evidence sessions in the spring term 2012 so it would be helpful if you could indicate in your submission whether you would be prepared to give oral evidence, if invited.
Generally, we ask for submissions to be made in writing because it is normal practice for the National Assembly to publish evidence provided to a Committee on our internet site so that it becomes part of the public record. However, we are also able to accept evidence in audio or video format. Submissions can be provided in either English or Welsh, although we ask organisations with Welsh Language policies to provide bilingual responses, where applicable, in line with their policies.
If you wish to submit evidence, please send an electronic copy of your submission to HSCCommittee@wales.gov.uk.
Alternatively, you can write to: Committee Clerk, Health and Social Care Committee, National Assembly for Wales, Cardiff Bay, CF99 1NA.
Submissions should arrive by Friday 16 December 2011. It may not be possible to take into account responses received after this date.
For your information, the Committee has invited submissions from those on the attached distribution list. We would be grateful if you could forward a copy of the letter to any individuals or organisations that are not included on this list, but might like to contribute to the inquiry. A copy of this letter has been placed on the National Assembly’s website with an open invitation to submit views.
Disclosure of Information
It is normal practice for the National Assembly to publish evidence provided to a Committee. Consequently your response may appear in a report or in supplementary evidence to a report. The National Assembly will not publish information which it considers to be personal data.
In the event of a request for information submitted under UK legislation, it may be necessary to disclose the information that you provide. This may include information which has previously been removed by the National Assembly for publication purposes.
If you are providing any information, other than personal data, which you feel is not suitable for public disclosure, it is up to you to stipulate which parts should not be published and to provide a reasoned argument to support this. The National Assembly will take this into account when publishing information or responding to requests for information.
Yours faithfully
Mark Drakeford AC / AM
Cadeirydd / Chair
Distribution list
Health Boards
Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University Health Board
Aneurin Bevan Health Board
Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board
Cardiff & Vale University Health Board
Cwm Taf Health Board
Hywel Dda Health Board
Powys Teaching Health Board
Health Trusts
Public Health Wales NHS Trust
Velindre NHS Trust
Welsh Ambulance Services NHS Trust
Community Health Councils
Board of Community Health Councils in Wales
Abertawe Bro Morgannwg CHC
Aneurin Bevan CHC
Betsi Cadwaladr CHC
Brecknock and Radnor CHC
Cardiff & The Vale CHC
Cwm Taff CHC
Hywel Dda CHC
Montgomery CHC
Local Government
Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council
Bridgend County Borough Council
Caerphilly County Borough Council
Cardiff County Council
Carmarthenshire County Borough Council
Ceredigion County Council
City and County of Swansea
Conwy County Borough Council
Denbighshire County Borough Council
Flintshire County Borough Council
Karen Chambers: Health and Wellbeing Officer
Gwynedd Council
Isle of Anglesey County Council
Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council
Monmouthshire County Borough Council
Neath Port Talbot County Council
Newport City Council
Pembrokeshire County Council
Powys County Council
Rhondda Cynon Taff County Borough Council
Torfaen County Borough Council
Vale of Glamorgan Council
Wrexham County Borough Council
Welsh Local Government Association
Official Agencies
Care Council for Wales
Care and Social Services Inspectorate Wales
Equality and Human Rights Commission
Health and Safety Executive
Healthcare Inspectorate Wales
Health Protection Agency
Health Solutions Wales
Institute of Rural Health
NHS Wales Informatics Service
National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence
National Leadership and Innovation Agency for Healthcare
Older People’s Commissioner for Wales
Social Services Improvement Agency
Wales Audit Office
Welsh Language Board
Professional Bodies
Association of Directors of Social Services
British Association of Social Workers Cymru
British Medical Association
Chartered Society of Physiotherapists
College of Occupational Therapists
Royal College of General Practitioners
Royal College of Nursing
Royal College of Physicians
The Welsh NHS Confederation
Voluntary Sector
WCVA
Action on Hearing Loss Cymru
Age Cymru
Age Cymru – My Home Life Project
Age Alliance Wales
All Wales Forum of Parents and Carers
Alzheimers’ Society
Anheddau Cyf
Carers Wales
Care and Repair Cymru
Centre for Independent Living
Citizens Advice Cymru
Crossroads Caring for Carers
Cymorth Cymru
Dementia UK
Dignified Revolution
Disability Wales
Hafal
Macmillan Cancer Support
National OAP Association of Wales
National Pensioners’ Convention
Older People’s Advocacy Alliance
Parkinson’s UK Cymru
Pensioners Forum Wales
Royal British Legion
Social Care Institute for Excellence
Stonewall Cymru
The Princess Royal Trust for Carers
The Disability Can Do Organisation
Wales Carers Alliance
Wales Senate of Older People
Wales Carers Workers Network
Welsh Reablement Alliance
WRVS
Housing providers, Independent sector and representative bodies
Association of Retirement Housing Managers
Care Forum Wales
Centre for Housing and Support
Domiciliary Care Association Wales
EroSH (Essential Role of Sheltered Housing)
National Care Association
North Wales Care Association
Registered Nursing Home Association
Social Care Association
UK Home Care Association
Melin Homes
Abbeyfield Homes
Linc Cymru
Valleys to Coast Housing
Seren Group
Pennaf Housing Group
Chartered Institute of Housing Cymru
Hafod Care Association
Community Housing Cymru
Family Housing Association (Wales)
Academia
Welsh Institute for Health and Social Care (WIHSC)
Bangor University School of Social Sciences
Swansea University Centre for Innovative Ageing
Centre for Social Carework Research
Institute of Medical and Social Care Research - Dementia Services Development Centre Wales
Cardiff University
Health Communication Research Centre
Older People & Ageing Research and Development Network (OPAN Cymru)
Regional Social Care Partnerships
South East Wales
South West Wales
North Wales
Mid Wales
Trade Unions
UNISON
Unite
Wales TUC
Other
Wales Cooperative Centre
National Institute for Social Care and Health Research (NISCHR)
Welsh Government’s Statutory Health Advisory Committees
Older People Strategy Co-ordinators
National Service Framework for Older People Co-ordinators
Health, Social Care and Well-being Strategy Co-ordinators
Barrie W Cooper (Trustee, Age Concern Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan)
Dr Angie Ash
David and Hilda Smith