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Urgent Item - Better Care Plan

Any other items of business, which the Leader agrees to consider as a matter of urgency.

Minutes:

The Deputy Leader approved consideration of the following item in order to determine it prior to the next scheduled meeting.

 

Corporate Director, Maggie Rae, presented a report in the absence of the Lead Member, Councillor Keith Humpries. The urgent item sought Cabinet’s approval for a establishment of a pooled fund and the making of a s75 agreement.

 

The Better Care Fund (BCF) had been developed by the Health and Wellbeing Board (HWB) and it was the responsibility of the HWB to sign off the Better Care Plan (BCP). The new guidance from the Government has a requirement for the Better Care Fund to be signed off by the Health and Wellbeing Board and be established as a joint fund.

 

In order to deliver the Better Care Fund it is a requirement of the scheme that a pooled fund is established under a formal agreement on or before 1 April 2015. The agreement must be made under Section 75 of the National Health Service Act 2006 between Wiltshire Council and the Clinical Commissioning group (CCG). This needs to be approved by both parties.

 

Resolved

 

1.     That subject to sign off by the Health and Wellbeing Board approves the establishment of the Better Care Fund Pooled Fund on and from 1 April 2015 largely on the terms set out in the draft Section 75 Agreement attached to this report at Appendix 1;

 

2.     That subject to sign off by the Health and Wellbeing Board delegates authority to Maggie Rae, Corporate Director in consultation with the Associate Director (Legal and Governance) to finalise and enter into the Section 75 Agreement on behalf of Wiltshire Council. The Councils 151 Officer will ensure the financial monitoring of this fund;

 

3.     That subject to sign off by the Health and Wellbeing delegated on decisions on expenditure from the Better Care Fund Pooled Budget to Maggie Rae and Deborah Fielding (Chief Accountable officer CCG) following recommendations of the Joint Commissioning Board for Adults.

 

Reason for Decision:

 

1.     The Health and Wellbeing Board gives strategic oversight on the Better Care Fund and the Section75 agreement.

 

2.   TheSection75 agreementneeds tobe inplaceby 1April 2015. Due toschedulingof meetings itwill be required to besignedoffby both Wiltshire Council and Wilshire CCGduringMarch 2015. Thisisprior to the next Healthand WellbeingBoard on 26 March, hencetherequest for the delegationarrangements in thisreport.

 

3.     Whilst the draftSection75 agreementhasbeen mainly completedthere remainsfurtherwork tobecompletedon specific issues; alongwithlegal advice relating totheoutstandingissues.

 

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