Issue - meetings

Councillor E O’Brien, Cabinet Member for Finance and Housing, will report at the meeting.  Report attached.

The Cabinet Member for Finance and Housing presented an additional report following the report considered on 4 September 2019.  In which, Cabinet approved the proposed expansion of the health and social care commissioning pooled budget and the creation of a wider integrated commissioning fund.

The Cabinet Member reported due to the large financial sums involved, it is appropriate to bring the Section 75 and Financial Framework back to Cabinet for formal approval. 

The s75 Agreement and Financial Framework have been shared and discussed with the external auditors of both organisations and is based on documentation already in use over recent years in other localities where similar arrangements exist.  Auditors have not raised any concerns of note.  A variation in financial contributions is allowed for in the terms of the s75 Agreement and Financial Framework and is standard practice in these kinds of arrangements.

              Delegated decision:

              Cabinet agrees to:    

·         Approve the s75 Agreement and Financial Framework

·         Approve a variation in the financial contributions (outlined in the paper) to be made to the pool by the Council and the CCG during 2019/20 and 2020/21

              Reasons for the decision:

              Section 75 partnership agreements provided by the National Health Service Act 2006 allow budgets to be pooled between local health and social care organisations and authorities. Resources and management structures can be integrated and functions can be reallocated between partners. The legal mechanisms allowing budgets to be pooled under the section 75 partnership agreement enable greater integration between health and social care.

              Other option considered and rejected:

              To reject the recommendations.