Issue - meetings

(1)        That the final draft of the Surrey Better Care Fund return on behalf of the County Council be noted.  The return will proceed to the Surrey Health & Wellbeing Board for sign off and submission to NHS England by 4 April 2014 deadline.

(2)        That the Assistant Chief Executive and Interim Strategic Director Adult Social Care, in consultation with the Leader of the Council and the Cabinet Member for Public Health and Health & Wellbeing Board be delegated, to agree any amendments to the Surrey Better Care Fund return prior to submission.

Reasons for Decisions:

The Local Government Association (LGA) and NHS England guidance on the Better Care Fund states that the return should be agreed between the County Council and Clinical Commissioning Groups and that it has to be signed off by the Health and Wellbeing Board for final submission by 4 April 2014.

[The decisions on this item may be called in by either the Council Overview and Scrutiny Committee or the Adult Social Care Select Committee]

The Cabinet Member for Public Health and the Health and Wellbeing Board drew Members attention to the final draft of the Surrey Better Care Fund Return and the revised recommendations, which were tabled at the meeting.

In his introduction, he referred to the funding of the Better Care Fund and said that the County Council was working with Surrey’s six Clinical Commissioning Groups to co-design a service which would improve outcomes for people through better integrated care and support.  This would be achieved by shifting resources from acute services into preventative services in primary care, community health and social care. 

He also said that the Surrey Better Care Fund return had to be agreed between the County Council and Surrey’s six Clinical Commissioning Groups, signed-off by the Surrey Health & Wellbeing Board and submitted to NHS England by 4 April 2014.

RESOLVED (as amended):

(1)        That the final draft of the Surrey Better Care Fund return on behalf of the County Council be noted.  The return will proceed to the Surrey Health & Wellbeing Board for sign off and submission to NHS England by 4 April 2014 deadline.

(2)        That the Assistant Chief Executive and Interim Strategic Director Adult Social Care, in consultation with the Leader of the Council and the Cabinet Member for Public Health and Health & Wellbeing Board be delegated, to agree any amendments to the Surrey Better Care Fund return prior to submission.

Reasons for Decisions:

The Local Government Association (LGA) and NHS England guidance on the Better Care Fund states that the return should be agreed between the County Council and Clinical Commissioning Groups and that it has to be signed off by the Health and Wellbeing Board for final submission by 4 April 2014.