Issue - meetings

When the committee considered the Age UK contracts on 19 April 2016, it was agreed that an update on implementation would be provided on the implementation of the contracts and on the implementation of the long-term investment grant in partnership with the CCG with Age UK (for a total maximum term of four years based on a two-year agreement with the option to extend the agreement for an additional two years based on the agreement of the parties).

The committee will receive a verbal update.

Sue Geary - HOD Commissioning - Community Services Commissioning, Wiltshire Council presented a written report which updated the Committee on the current Age UK contracts.

Points made included:

·   Wiltshire Council and Wiltshire CCG established the Long-Term Investment Grant with Age UK in April 2015.  The grant reflected a shift from commissioning a suite of services to an approach based on system wide outcomes and strategic collaboration. 

·   The LTIG was established for a term of two years with the inclusion of an optional extension clause.

·   Commissioners had worked with Age UK to reduce reliance on statutory funding and encouraged a more commercial approach which would mean Age UK could operate as a viable strategic organisation. 

·   During the term of this agreement commissioned community services previously provided by Age UK have been de commissioned delivering an efficiency to the Council of £126,000 in 2017-18.

Resolved

1.    Long-Term Investment Grant: that the committee would receive an update to confirm whether or not the contract was extended.

2.    Home from Hospital scheme:

o   That the chair and vice-chair be briefed on the specification and performance outcomes once they had been finalised by commissioners and Age UK.

o   That the committee would receive an update on implementation of the scheme in March 2019 (one year operational by then), including performance indicators / confirmation that the specification and performance outcomes were being met.

The Chairman thanked Sue Geary for her report.