The Cabinet Member for Adult Social Care and Public Health is asked to:
a) APPROVE the new legal framework to support the partnership arrangements for the provision of mental health social care and health services in Kent; specifically, approval for KCC to terminate the existing KCC and KMPT Section 75 Agreement (based on mutually agreed termination between KCC and KMPT) and approval for KCC to enter into a Service Level Agreement with KMPT; and
b) DELEGATE authority to the Corporate Director of Adult Social Care and Health, or other nominated officer, to undertake the necessary actions to implement the decision.