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Decision details

BCF - entry into s75 agreement with SWL ICB for 23-25 BCF Plan

Decision Maker: Cabinet

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Is Key decision?: Yes

Is subject to call in?: Yes

Purpose:

This report is to ask Cabinet to agree to enter into a S75 Legal Agreement in order to pool and receive the Better Care Fund Monies for the current financial year. It is a national planning requirement of the BCF that a s75 underpins the BCF plan between local authorities and their ICB.

Decision:

RESOLVED:

 

A.   That Cabinet delegated authority to the Executive Director for Adult Social Care, Integrated Care and Public Health in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Health & Social Care,:

• To negotiate and finalise the terms for the s75 Agreement for Better Care Funded Services between the Council and the SWL ICB

• To negotiate and finalise appropriate terms for any variations to the s75 Agreement for Better Care Funded Services, in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Health & Social Care.

 

B. The Cabinet agreed to enter into a S75 agreement, retrospectively, covering the financial year 2023/24 (the first financial year of the current BCF Plan), in accordance with the Council’s constitution and in order for the 2023/24 s75 agreement to have legal sign off.

Report author: Phil Howell

Publication date: 19/09/2024

Date of decision: 17/09/2024

Decided at meeting: 17/09/2024 - Cabinet

Effective from: 25/09/2024

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