Agenda item - Better Care Plan - Fund Dashboard

Joint report of Rob Persey, Executive Director of Health and Social Care and Ashley Scarff, Director of Partnerships and Integration, CCG (to follow)

RESOLVED – That the Health and Wellbeing Board note the content of the report.

9.1       The Board considered a report of The Executive Director of Health and Social Care and the Director of Partnerships and Integration at the CCG providing a progress update on the Brighton and Hove Better Care Fund Programme for 2018-19. The report included a general update on the most recent financial and performance indicators agreed within the Better Care Fund Plan and performance dashboard. Members were invited to review the dashboard and to consider the key performance indicators and financial performance. Whilst the report and its contents were for note they would be used to inform planning for future years.

9.2       Councillor Shanks stated that she found some of the information confusing, more in depth information regarding how monies were to be spent would be welcome. Mr Scarff, CCG , explained that although the national picture on funding and its impact locally was still evolving, more information was available than 18 months or so previously and it was on that basis that the dashboard system being used in moving the Better Care Fund onto the next phase.

9.3       In answer to questions it was explained that in the absence of a statutory instrument in order to do so, entry into a S75 Agreement enabled partners to pool their funding; there was no other mechanism which allowed that to happen. The Executive Director explained that the mechanisms currently in place had in reality been a blunt tool aimed at forcing the NHS and council’s to work together. In Brighton and Hove however partners had worked well towards the next phase of supporting a wider system which would enable access to better care. Mr Scarff concurred.

9.4       Councillor Appich enquired regarding the eligibility criteria referred to in Appendix to the report. The Executive Director, explained that referred to the statutory responsibilities of the partners stating that he would provide a fuller description and explanation for Board Members in future reports.

9.5       RESOLVED – That the Health and Wellbeing Board note the content of the report.