Agenda and minutes
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Contact: Maria Lugangira, Principal Constitutional Officer Email: maria.lugangira@southwark.gov.uk
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WELCOME AND INTRODUCTIONS
Minutes: The Chair welcomed everyone to the meeting.
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APOLOGIES
To receive any apologies for absence. Minutes: Apologies for absence were received from;
- Councillor Dora Dixon-Fyle - Councillor Maria Linforth-Hall - Councillor Evelyn Akoto - David Quirke-Thornton - Althea Loderick - Sarah Austin - Anood Al-Samerai - David Bradley - Shamsur Choudhury - Clive Kay - Andrew Ratcliffe
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CONFIRMATION OF VOTING MEMBERS
Voting members of the committee to be confirmed at this point in the meeting. Minutes: Those listed as present were confirmed as the voting members.
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NOTIFICATION OF ANY ITEMS OF BUSINESS WHICH THE CHAIR DEEMS URGENT
In special circumstances, an item of business may be added to an agenda within five clear days of the meeting. Minutes: There were none. |
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DISCLOSURE OF INTERESTS AND DISPENSATIONS
Members of the committee to declare any interests and dispensation in respect of any item of business to be considered at this meeting. Minutes: There were none. |
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MINUTES
To agree as a correct record the open minutes of the meeting held on 4 July 2022. Supporting documents: Minutes: RESOLVED - That the minutes of the meeting held on 4 July 2022, be approved as a correct record of the meeting.
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PUBLIC QUESTION TIME (15 MINUTES)
To receive any question from members of the public which have been submitted in advance of the meeting in accordance with the procedure rules.
Minutes: There were none.
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BETTER CARE FUND 2022/23
Supporting documents: Minutes: Martin Wilkinson, Chief Operating Officer, Southwark, NHS SEL Integrated Care Board introduced the Better Care Fund (BFC) report. He explained the that plans had been agreed through the respective governance processes of the council and the Integrated Care Board before being presented to the Board today for approval
For the council the BFC is a significant income stream in terms of adult social care.
He provided a summary of the key issues for consideration set out in the BCF plan narrative template at appendix 1 of the report and the further detail information set out in the BCF Finance and Metrics template at appendix 2.
The majority of the plan included the rollover of pre-existing plans plus the allocation of additional inflationary increases, the details of which were set out in the narrative plan in Appendix 1.
He explained that the plan met the BCF national expectations, conditions and targets and that it was aligned to Southwark’s Health and Wellbeing strategy.
There was high focus in the plan on hospital discharge, admission avoidance, joint commissioning work and neighbourhood working – these areas were key for the partnership going forward.
He took the Board through the next steps, which included incorporating the Board’s comments before submission to NHSE on 26 September 2022 subject to their internal assurance processes, if that was approved by them. Following approval, sign off the pool fund paper work that enacts the final arrangement for the pooled fund.
The Board agreed to an additional meeting in January 2023 to receive and update on the Better Care Fund plan.
RESOLVED - That the Health and Wellbeing Board agrees to the submission of the Better Care Fund (BCF) Planning templates 2022/23 (appendices 1 to 3) for approval under the national BCF assurance process.
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ANY OTHER BUSINESS
Minutes: There was none. |
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NEXT MEETING
17 November 2022 Minutes: 17 November 2022 |