Issue - meetings

Report of the Executive Director of Adult Social Care and Health

The Cabinet considered the report of the Executive Director of Adult Social Care and Health in relation to the proposal of utilising the discretionary funding from the Department of Health and Social Care Infection Control Fund.

Decision Made:      That:

(1)              the report be noted;

(2)        the proposals for the use of the 20% discretionary Infection Control Fund, as detailed in the report, be approved;

(3)        the Executive Director of Adult Social Care and Health, in consultation with the Cabinet Members for Adult Social Care and Health and Wellbeing be granted delegated authority to make decisions on specific amounts from the discretionary element of the fund (and potentially any remaining funding from the initial 80% of the fund) to be allocated to each proposal, in accordance with the limits included in the Financial Procedure Rules, be approved; and

(4)        the Executive Director of Adult Social Care and Health, in consultation with the Cabinet Members for Adult Social Care and Health and Wellbeing be granted delegated authority to allocate any funding from the discretionary element of the fund (and potentially any remaining funding from the initial 80% of the fund), in accordance with the limits included in the Financial Procedure Rules, to any subsequently identified proposals arising following further engagement with Providers and Stakeholders, be approved.

Reason for the Decisions:

To agree initial proposals on the use of the remaining 20% of the Infection Control Fund and any amounts unallocated from the initial 80% of the fund.

Alternative Options Considered and Rejected:

The following option was considered and rejected;

Not utilising the 20% of the fund and also returning to DHSC and unallocated amounts from the initial 80% of the fund

This option was considered and rejected as the full use of allocation Sefton has received from the national Infection Control Fund should be used to deal with issues arising from the COVID-19 pandemic and to support Providers and other sectors in order to then ensure that they can continue to safely deliver services to vulnerable people in Sefton.