Issue - meetings

[Report of the Assistant Director for Commissioning . To be introduced by the Cabinet Member for Finance and Health.] Cabinet to consider an agreement between the Council and CCG,   which as drafted at appendix 1,  will act as a framework partnership agreement and set out shared outcomes and objectives, and contain detailed schedules enabling:

                                          i.    Lead commissioning for specified care groups

                                        ii.    Pooled budgets for specified care groups

The Cabinet Member for Finance and Health introduced the report which proposed taking forward a partnership agreement to allow the Council and Haringey CCG [Clinical Commissioning Group] to pool their relevant social care budgets and take forward a model of commissioning which would better support providing joined up care and, in turn, better outcomes for Adults with health and social care needs. The report included details of the framework to be followed and the areas which the Council or CCG would lead on commissioning activities.

Cabinet were asked to note that the pooling of budgets would formally start in April 2017 and, until then, there would be work on unifying budgets.

In response to Councillor Engert’s questions, the following information was noted:

·         The lead commissioning role for long term conditions and older people would be decided over the next month as the Council and CCG were awaiting the outcome of Better Care Fund allocations for the year.

·         There were a number of different mechanisms in place for Members to understand what will happen in the areas of social care spend. The Cabinet Member reported that: the Adults Scrutiny Panel will have specific session looking at detail of spend in Adults in October , the Overview and Scrutiny Committee will consider the draft Medium Term Financial Plan for 2017 -2222 as well as looking at budget performance of 2016/17.

·         In terms of monitoring the use of the pooled budgets, it was the Cabinet Member’s role and responsibility to relay information about the performance of the Council’s partnership with CCG to Cabinet and the Overview and Scrutiny Committee.

RESOLVED

1.    To approve the S. 75 Partnership Agreement between the Council and the CCG which provides for:

a)         Lead commissioning and the establishment and maintenance of pooled fund for the commissioning of learning disability services for eligible adults resident in Haringey;

b)         Lead commissioning and the establishment and maintenance of a pooled fund for the commissioning of mental health services for eligible adults resident in Haringey;

c)         Lead commissioning and the establishment and maintenance of a pooled fund for the commissioning of older people’s services, including those services identified in the Better Care Fund 2016/17, for eligible adults resident;

d)         Joint commissioning and the establishment and maintenance of a pooled fund for the commissioning of children and adolescent mental health services for the residents of the London Borough of Haringey;

e)         Lead commissioning and the establishment and maintenance of a pooled fund for thecommissioning of the Independent Domestic Violence Advocacy Service and the Identification and Referral to Increase Safety Service for eligible adults resident in Haringey.

2.    To delegate to the Deputy Chief Executive, in consultation with the Chief Operating Officer and the Cabinet Member for Finance and Health, the authority to finalise and agree the draft S.75 Partnership Agreement between the Council and the CCG which is attached as Appendix 1.   

Reasons for decision

There had been previous work on developing joint commissioning across the CCG and the Council and recently  ...  view the full minutes text for item 65