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Section 75 Agreement

 

 

Meeting: 03/10/2019 - Cabinet (Item 47)

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Report of the Interim Director for Adult Social Care.

Minutes:

 

The Cabinet considered the report of the Interim Director of Adult Social Care and Health in relation to a request to enter into a new arrangement under Section 75 of the National Health Act 2006 Section 75 Agreement with each of the two Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) of Southport and Formby and South Sefton covering the population of Sefton.

 

Decision Made:     That the Cabinet:

 

(1)           note the work to date on the new Section 75 Agreement; and

 

(2)           that delegated authority be granted to the Chief Executive, Chief Legal and Democratic Officer and Head of Corporate Resources in consultation with the Cabinet Member, Health and Wellbeing, to complete and enter into a new Section 75 Agreement with Southport and Formby Clinical Commissioning Group and South Sefton Clinical Commissioning Group. The agreement will be for a three-year period.

 

Reasons for the Decision:

 

Sefton`s Health and Wellbeing Board has the following statutory responsibilities:

  • Duty to encourage integrated working.
  • Duty to prepare and publish the Joint Strategic Needs Assessment.
  • Duty to prepare and publish the Joint Health and Wellbeing Strategy.

 

Every year since 2014, Sefton has submitted a Better Care Fund Plan. This plan required each Health and Wellbeing Board to work towards a number of “National Conditions”. Two “National Conditions” have been that 

 

-       The Health and Wellbeing Board agrees “The (BCF) Plan”.

-       A Section 75 Agreement is in place.

 

In addition, The Care Act 2014 requires that funds allocated to local areas for the Better Care Fund must be put into pooled budgets established under Section 75 Partnership Agreements.

 

Alternative Options Considered and Rejected:

 

None.