Decision details

1.    Endorse the approach being taken to health and social care integration across Surrey through the Better Care Fund plan and ask the Strategic Directors of Adult Social Care and Children, Schools and Families, and the Assistant Chief Executive (in consultation with the Cabinet Members for Adult Social Care, Children and Families and Public Health and Health & Wellbeing Board, to continue discussions with each Clinical Commissioning Group; and

2.    Note that specific proposals for the integration of health and social care with each of the six Clinical Commissioning Groups will be presented to the Cabinet for approval when they are fully developed.

1.     That the strategic direction towards further integration for health and social care services be noted;

2.     That the specific work on health and social care integration and implications in Surrey be noted; and

3.     That where specific proposals for the integration of health and social care involve significant change (e.g. pooling budgets or changes to governance structures), these will be presented to the Cabinet for approval.

Reasons for Decisions:

There is a move towards integrated services becoming a fundamental part of the way the Council and its partners develop and deliver services. Given the significant acceleration towards the integration of health and social care, this report provides the Cabinet with the opportunity to ensure the Council’s stated policy reflects the current status and future direction for children’s and adults’ social care.

Pursuing opportunities for further integration will help to ensure the County Council meets its statutory duties, set out in both the Care Act 2014 and the Health and Social Care Act 2012, for encouraging and promoting the integration of health and social care.

[The decisions on this item can be called in the Adult Social Care Select Committee]