Issue - meetings

To receive a report for noting on S75 with Enfield CCG which includes the Better Care Fund (will be tabled at the meeting).

To receive an update report on the work of the joint commissioning board which will also include deliverables from the Better Care Fund.

RECEIVED the report of the Director of Health and Adult Social Care ‘Section 75 Agreement: Approval of Revisions for 2019/2020’ (sent to follow) and the Update Report from the Joint Health and Social Care Commissioning Board, for information.

NOTED

Introduction by Doug Wilson, including:

•  The Section 75 Agreement involved a pooled fund with Enfield Council and Enfield CCG, who were committed to working together on services to benefit the local community and improving the lives of local people.

•  Presentation to Health and Wellbeing Board was part of the formal sign off process.

•  The Section 75 Agreement was also subject to CCG governance bodies’ approval, reinforcing the joint commitment.

IN RESPONSE comments and questions were received, including confirmation that there would be engagement with organisations affected by reallocation of funding as part of a larger voluntary and community sector (VCS) contract. Doug Wilson would be happy to discuss individual cases outside the meeting.

AGREED that Health and Wellbeing Board noted:

(1)  Arrangements for pooled funding.

(2)  The delegation of formal sign off of the Section 75 Agreement between NHS Enfield CCG and the Council to the Director of Health and Adult Social Care as the approved statutory DASS (Director of Adult Social Services).

(3)  The Director for Adult Social Care, in agreement with the Director of the CCG, to make minor amendments throughout the year to the schemes and funding arrangements to reflect any change in circumstances.

(4)  That the Section 75 Agreement must be in a form approved by the Director of Law and Governance.