Issue - meetings

Cllr Carole Allaway-Martin, Cabinet Member - Adult Social Care Commissioning, sought Cabinet approval to exercise a 2-year extension option under the council’s Framework Partnership Agreement with NHS Gloucestershire Integrated Care Board (NHS GICB), (the successor body to NHS Gloucestershire Clinical Commissioning Group (GCCG) with whom the agreement was entered into originally) relating to the commissioning of health and social care services

Having considered all of the information, Cabinet noted the report and

RESOLVED to:

Approve the exercise of a 2-year extension option under a Framework Partnership Agreement between the council and NHS GICB relating to the commissioning of health, public health, children’s and adult social care services (in exercise of powers under Section 75 of the National Health Service Act 2006) that was entered into pursuant to a Cabinet decision on 11 March 2020 (the “Section 75 Agreement”).

Cllr Carole Allaway-Martin, Cabinet Member - Adult Social Care Commissioning, sought Cabinet approval to exercise a 2-year extension option under the Council’s Framework Partnership Agreement with the NHS Gloucestershire Integrated Care Board (NHS ICB), (formally the NHS Gloucestershire Clinical Commissioning Group (GCCG), with whom the agreement was entered into originally, relating to the commissioning of health and social care services

Cllr Allaway-Martin advised members that the extension would allow the continuation of the Council’s existing Section 75 Agreement with the NHS ICB for the commissioning of health, public health, children’s and adult social care services. The council and the ICB are mandated to have a Section 75 Agreement in place for the Better Care Fund, including the recent DHSC: Adult Social Care Discharge Fund, announced on the 18 November 2022. 

Subject to year-end variations, the Section 75 Agreement for the 2022/23 financial year was proposed at £188m, (as reported to the Joint Commissioning Partnership Executive on the 24 November 2022). This included continuing funding Health Care and Funded Nursing Care, (solely NHS), at a value of £46m. Other funding included, Adult and Children’s Mental Health services at £79m, of which £61m related to Adult Mental Health, (NHS Gloucestershire), and the Cover the Better Care Fund (BCF), at a value of £54m, including carers. The remainder of funding related to Integrated Community Equipment Services, Occupational Therapy, and Integrated Brokerage staffing.

The financial schedule within the Section 75 Agreement to be reviewed annually to reflect any funding changes, including demographic growth, inflation and savings.

Having considered all of the information, Cabinet noted the report and

RESOLVED to:

Approve the exercise of a 2-year extension option under a Framework Partnership Agreement between the council and NHS GICB relating to the commissioning of health, public health, children’s and adult social care services (in exercise of powers under Section 75 of the National Health Service Act 2006) that was entered into pursuant to a Cabinet decision on 11 March 2020 (the “Section 75 Agreement”).