Issue - meetings

To receive a report from the Cabinet Member for Adult Social Care and Public Health and the Corporate Director of Social Care, Health and Wellbeing, and to consider and endorse or make recommendations to the Cabinet Member on the proposed decision to enter into a Section 75 agreement with NHS clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) to formalise the implementation of the Better Care Fund and establish the required pooled fund.

Ms J Frazer (Programme Manager, Health and Social Care Integration) and Ms R Parsons (Graduate Trainee) were in attendance for this item.

(1)       Mrs Tidmarsh introduced the report which asked the cabinet committee to consider and endorse or comment on a proposed decision to enter into a Section 75 agreement with Kent clinical commissioning groups to formalise the implementation of the Better Care Fund and establish the required pooled budget as well as delegating authority to the Corporate Director – Social Care Health and Wellbeing or other officer to arrange the sealing of the Section 75 agreement.  She said the proposal had previously been discussed by the Kent and Health and Wellbeing Board and that it supported the Kent Vision as a national Integration Pioneer.

(2)       In response to comments about the importance of providing joined up services in the community, the valuable work of the Integrated Discharge Team and the Kent Re-enablement Services as well as the work being done to identify and co-ordinate community activities, Mrs Tidmarsh said that the BCF was just one element of the work with the NHS to integrate services and more information was available on the Integration Pioneer and Health and Wellbeing Board websites.

(3)       In response to a question about the quality of care that could be provided by carers who made multiple short visits to the same person each day, Mr Lobban said the intention was to move from a “time and task” model to an outcome based model and this would be discussed further at Item D4 on the agenda.

(4)       RESOLVED that the decision proposed to be taken by the Cabinet Member for Adult Social Care and Public Health to:

(a)       Agree that Kent County Council will enter into a Section 75 agreement with Kent clinical commissioning groups which will formalise the implementation of the Better Care Fund and establish the required pooled fund; and

(b)       Delegate authority to the Corporate Director – Social Care Health and Wellbeing or other suitable delegated officer to arrange the sealing of the Section 75 agreement

be endorsed