Issue - items at meetings - KD 4128 Section 75 Agreement - Integrated Mental Health Services

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KD 4128 Section 75 Agreement - Integrated Mental Health Services

Meeting: 20/01/2016 - Cabinet (Item 6)

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A report from the Director of Health, Housing and Adult Social Care is attached. This seeks agreement for a revised Section 75 Agreement between Enfield Council and Barnet, Enfield and Haringey Mental Health Trust, to formalise arrangements for the Integrated Mental Health Service. (Key decision – reference number 4128)

(Report No.150)

(8.20 – 8.25 pm)

Minutes:

Councillor Alev Cazimoglu (Cabinet Member for Health and Social Care) introduced the report of the Director of Health, Housing and Adult Social Care (No.150) seeking agreement for a revised Partnership Agreement between Enfield Council and Barnet, Enfield and Haringey Mental Health Trust.

 

NOTED

 

1.               that this agreement formalised the Integrated Mental Health Service joint working arrangements, facilitating ongoing effective partnership working between the two parties. In addition, it ensured that the two parties continued to work together to deliver access to high quality health and social care services for local people, improving outcomes for health and social care in the borough.

 

2.               That within the period of the extension, the Council and Barnet, Enfield and Haringey Mental Health Trust would work together with the Enfield 2017 programme to identify areas of business process and IT systems that could be redesigned and re-engineered to improve outcomes at lower cost.

 

Alternative Options Considered: NOTED that a number of alternative options had been considered and these had included the following:

·       Do Nothing – this had been viewed as unviable as the 2008 Section 75 agreement was outdated and no longer represented the partnership arrangements which were currently in place. By implementing a new agreement both parties could maintain integrated provision for delivery of services to people with mental health difficulties for whom the Trust and Council had a responsibility to provide health and social care.

·       Terminate the 2008 Section 75 agreement and end partnership arrangements – this had been viewed as unviable as both parties wished to continue to deliver the integrated service provision and it was therefore necessary to formalise the arrangements to safeguard service delivery.

 

DECISION: The Cabinet agreed to

 

1.               Endorse the formal termination of the 2008 Section 75 Agreement and that it be replaced by the revised Section 75 Agreement between Enfield Council and Barnet, Enfield and Haringey Mental Health Trust to formalise arrangements for the Integrated Mental Health Service.

 

2.               Delegate to the Assistant Director of Strategy and Resources in conjunction with the Clinical Director for Barnet, Enfield and Haringey Mental Health Trust responsibility for varying the schedules in line with joint working arrangements between Enfield Council and the Trust.

 

3.               Delegate to the Assistant Director of Strategy and Resources in conjunction with the Clinical Director for Barnet, Enfield and Haringey Mental Health Trust responsibility for working with the Enfield 2017 programme to identify and implement efficiencies within the service that improve outcomes and increase value for money.

 

Reason: Enfield Council and the Trust had a history of joint working to deliver an Integrated Mental Health Service. The current Section 75 Agreement was produced in 2008 and was therefore not representative of the arrangements currently in place. Through the implementation of a revised Section 75 agreement, both parties were committed to ensuring the continued delivery of the service, while recognising that efficiencies and improvements could be made.

(Key decision – reference number 4128)