Agenda and minutes
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Declarations of Interest To remind Members of the need to record the existence and nature of any Personal, Disclosable Pecuniary or other interests in items on the agenda, in accordance with the Members’ Code of Conduct. Minutes: Dr Bal Bahia and Dr Barbara Barrie declared an interest in all matters pertaining to Primary Care, by virtue of the fact that they were General Practitioners, but reported that, as their interest was not personal, prejudicial or a disclosable pecuniary interest, they determined to remain to take part in the debate and vote on the matters where appropriate. |
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The Better Care Fund Plans Purpose: To provide an update on the Better Care Fund.
Minutes: Councillor Marcus Franks reported that at the last Special Meeting of the Health and Wellbeing Board the sign off of the Better Care Fund (BCF) Plans had been deferred until the subsequent meeting of the Board. The Department of Health (DH) had confirmed that funding for the Care Act would not be forthcoming and therefore there would be a funding gap that would need addressing. This would be the responsibility of the whole of the health and social care economy. Rachael Wardell reported that the Board needed to ratify the submission of the BCF Plans. Nothing had fundamentally changed since the Board last saw the plans. Information received by the DH left the Council exploring other avenues for funding. Councillor Gwen Mason referred to the £1.5 million that the Clinical Commissioning Group was due to contribute towards the funding gap and queried if this was still at risk, as this had been stated as a possibility at the previous Special Meeting of the Board. Councillor Franks confirmed that if the Board signed and submitted the plans this money would not be at risk. Councillor Irene Neill advocated signing off the BCF Plans however expressed her dissatisfaction with how the DH had handled the situation. Councillor Keith Chopping concurred with Councillor Neill and suggested that the Council should send a letter to the DH accompanying the BCF Plans stating how dissatisfied it was with the process. Councillor Franks proposed that the Health and Wellbeing Board sign off the BCF Plans. This was seconded by Councillor Neill. RESOLVED that the BCF plans were signed off by the Health and Wellbeing Board and submitted to the DH. RESOLVED that a letter to be sent from the Council to the DH accompanying the BCF Plans, expressing the Council's disappointment with the way the situation regarding the Care Act had been handled. |