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 31^st March 2025.

Action by:

CORPORATE DIRECTOR, HEALTH, ADULTS AND COMMUNITY (D. RADLEY)

(Director of Integrated Commissioning (W. Tomsett)