Issue - meetings

In considering the Report of the Scrutiny Task Group on the Better Care Fund (Minute 66), the Health and Adult Care Scrutiny Committee at its meeting on 7 June 2018 had RESOLVED 

(a) that the Cabinet, Northern, Eastern and Western (NEW) Devon CCG and South Devon and Torbay CCG be requested to endorse the Report and adopt the recommendations detailed; and

(b) that the Cabinet and the Clinical Commissioning Groups be asked to provide a unified response and report back on progress to the November meeting of this Committee.

Recommendations

(a) Cabinet welcomes the report from the Task Group on the Better Care Fund which provides great insight into the complexities and opportunities around the BCF, recognises the hard work of operational and commissioning staff across the authority and the NHS in delivering integrated care in Devon and makes clear recommendations for further improvement; and

(b) Cabinet is recommended to endorse the report and agree that council officers will coordinate a single integrated response across all partners for the November meeting.

(Councillors Ackland, Biederman, Connett, Hannaford and Randall-Johnson attended in accordance with Standing Order 25(2) and spoke to this item).

The Cabinet considered the Report of the Scrutiny Task Group on the Better Care Fund (Minute *66) and noted that the Health and Adult Care Scrutiny Committee had, at its meeting on 7 June 2018, RESOLVED

(a) that the Cabinet, Northern, Eastern and Western (NEW) Devon CCG and South Devon and Torbay CCG be requested to endorse the Report and adopt the recommendations detailed; and

(b) that the Cabinet and the Clinical Commissioning Groups be asked to provide a unified response and report back on progress to the November meeting of this Committee.

It was MOVED by Councillor Leadbetter SECONDED by Councillor Hart and

RESOLVED

(a) that Cabinet welcomes the Report from the Task Group on the Better Care Fund which provides great insight into the complexities and opportunities around the BCF, recognises the hard work of operational and commissioning staff across the authority and the NHS in delivering integrated care in Devon and makes clear recommendations for further improvement; and

(b) that Cabinet endorses the Report and that Council Officers be asked to coordinate a single integrated response across all partners for the November meeting of the Health and Adult Care Scrutiny Committee.

Report of the Task Group, attached

(Councillor H Ackland attended in accordance with Standing Order 25 (2) and

spoke to this item and presented the Report as the Task Group Chair)

The Committee considered the Report of the Better Care Fund Task Group.

Its Terms of Reference were to:  

(a) appreciate the historical aims and applications of the Better Care Fund;

(b) understand the purpose and accountability of partners in integration;

(c) contribute to the future direction and monitoring of success of the outcomes of the Better Care Fund; and

(d) report back to the Health and Adult Care Scrutiny Committee on the findings of the Task Group.

The Chair of the Task Group indicated that progress and development of the Fund would be monitored through the Health and Wellbeing Board.

The Members welcomed the Report as a thorough examination of the Fund and its ongoing contribution to effective integration of Health and Adult Care services. 

It was MOVED by Councillor Randall Johnson, SECONDED by Councillor Whitton and 

RESOLVED

(a) that the Cabinet, Northern, Eastern and Western (NEW) Devon CCG and South Devon and Torbay CCG be requested to endorse the Report and adopt the recommendations detailed; and

(b) that the Cabinet and the Clinical Commissioning Groups be asked to provide a unified response and report back on progress to the November meeting of this Committee.