Issue - meetings

Joint report of the Head of Adult Commissioning and Health, NEW Devon CCG and South Devon and Torbay CCG on the BCF, Quarter Return, Performance Report and Performance Summary on the BCF, Quarter Return, Performance Report and Performance Summary

The Board considered a joint Report of the Head of Adult Commissioning and Health DCC, and the Deputy Chief Executive Officer / Director of Commissioning NEW Devon CCG and South Devon and Torbay CCG on the Better Care Fund (BCF), Q2 2018/19 submission to NHS England and the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government reporting on performance against a core set of metrics relating to the Better Care Fund. The Health and Wellbeing Board was required to formally endorse the returns.

The Report informed Members that the BCF had met each of the four national conditions, as well as confirmation of a s75 pooled budget.  The Council was on track to meet three of the four metrics which included:

·         reduction in non-elective admissions;

·         the rate of permanent admissions to residential care per 100,000 (65yrs+), and

·         the proportion of older people still at home 91 days after discharge from hospital into reablement / rehabilitation services.

However, the BCF declared it was not on track to meet the target for delayed transfers of care.  Daily monitoring of delays had been established to identify prevailing issues, alongside an implementation of the system wide plan to tackle delayed transfers of care, which was overseen by the A&E Delivery Boards.

RESOLVED that the Report on the Better Care Fund Q2 be endorsed.