Decision details
Financial Arrangements for Tower Hamlets’ Better Care Fund 2019-20 Programme (Section 75)
Decision Maker: Cabinet
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: Yes
Is subject to call in?: Yes
Purpose:
This paper seeks agreement of the financial
arrangements for Tower Hamlets 2019-20 Better Care Fund Plan
through a Section 75 agreement as required by the national Better
Care Fund programme.
As part of this decision we are also requesting delegation to
approve (agree and vary) future Section 75 agreements for Better
Care Fund Plans providing that they are supported by the Health and
Wellbeing Board and agreed by the Corporate Director for Health,
Adults and Community and the Managing Director of WEL CCGs for a
period of five years.
Decision:
DECISION
1. To agree to the Council entering into a joint agreement with Tower Hamlets Clinical Commissioning Group, under Section 75 of the NHS Act 2006, to give formal (retrospective) effect to the 2019-20 Better Care Fund Plan and programme and delegate the Corporate Director Health, Adults and Community the power to authorise the execution of the S75 agreement and any related documents
2. To approve the draft Section 75 agreement attached as Appendix 1 to this report and agree that any final amendments to the Section 75 agreement should be delegated to the Corporate Director Health, Adults and Community, following consultation with the Corporate Director, Governance and Monitoring Officer;
3. To agree to delegate to the Corporate Director, Health, Adults & Community the authority to make amendments and enter into subsequent Better Care Fund Section 75 agreements for a period of five years from 2020/2021 including the power to authorise the execution of any of the relevant S75 agreements and any other related documents. Formal delegation will end on 31st March 2025.
Action by:
CORPORATE DIRECTOR, HEALTH, ADULTS AND COMMUNITY (D. RADLEY)
(Director of Integrated Commissioning (W. Tomsett)
Report author: Warwick Tomsett
Publication date: 23/10/2020
Date of decision: 21/10/2020
Decided at meeting: 21/10/2020 - Cabinet
Effective from: 31/10/2020
Accompanying Documents:
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