Decision details

RESOLVED:-

(1)       That Cabinet approved the proposed Older People’s Strategy 2020-23 and that this strategy be now published.

(2)       That Cabinet review progress on the Older People’s Strategy 2020-23 in May 2021.

REASONS FOR DECISION:

Adoption of the Strategy has achieved the priority set out in the Council Plan 2019 – 2023 to develop an Older People’s Strategy for the District.

ALTERNATIVE OPTIONS CONSIDERED AND REJECTED:

The option of not agreeing and publishing the Older People’s Strategy was considered but rejected. Failure to adopt the strategy would have meant not achieving one of the priorities of the Council Plan 2019 – 2023.

Please note that this was not a Key Decision and so can be implemented with immediate effect by officers.