Agenda item

The Board considered a report of the Director of Business Planning and Partnerships, NHS Sheffield CCG and the Director of Commissioning, Sheffield City Council, concerning the progress of the Integrated Commissioning Programme (Better Care Fund).

Joe Fowler, the Director of Commissioning, Sheffield City Council, introduced the report, stating that the Clinical Commissioning Group and the City Council had agreed to establish a pooled budget in 2015/16 to cover four key areas of work and with the aim of improving service user experience and outcomes and making the best decisions concerning the use of the available resource. He outlined the key developments relating to the 4 following  areas:-

-        Keeping People Well in their Community

-        Independent Living Solutions

-        Active support and Recovery

-        Long Term High Support

The governance for the pooled budget would require the alignment of Clinical Commissioning Group and City Council decision making. 

Resolved: that the Health and Wellbeing Board notes progress and confirms its support for the establishment of integrated commissioning and a pooled budget, as set out in the report, as submitted.