Issue - meetings

Doug Wilson, Director of Health and Adult Social Care, London Borough of Enfield and Matt Casey, Head of Strategy and Service Development, People Department London Borough of Enfield.

(PAPERS ATTACHED)

RECEIVED the slide presentation, introduced by Doug Wilson, Director of Health and Adult Social Care, providing an update on the Better Care Fund (BCF).

The BCF supported joined up working across health and social care. The BCF policy objectives related to enabling people to be living safely and independently at home for longer, and providing the right care, at the right place, at the right time. Partnership working in Enfield had been particularly successful. Preparations were in place for services to be busier as the weather got colder: staff were ready and plans had been made.

IN RESPONSE

In response to the Chair’s queries around delayed discharges from hospital, it was advised that there could be a number of reasons for delays, usually due to complexity. It was also noted there had been an increase in numbers of people admitted with strokes who needed rehabilitation before leaving hospital. Partners did work together genuinely well.

Doug Wilson, Director of Health and Adult Social Care, London Borough of Enfield and Matt Casey Head of Strategy and Service Development, People Department London Borough of Enfield.

(VERBAL UPDATE)

Doug Wilson, Director of Health and Adult Social Care, provided a verbal update that there had been delays with the initiative, but a report providing a fully formed picture would be provided to the Board at its December meeting.