Issue - meetings

This report relates to one of the key projects within Brent’s Better Care Fund (BCF) Programme: the development of an Integrated Rehabilitation and Reablement Service (IRRS).  The new service will provide a single point of entry to integrated, short term, intensive assistance support to help people achieve independence in daily living skills and rehabilitation goals in their own home.

(i)         that it be noted that this is the first new fully integrated service to be developed as part of the wider Better Care Fund programme, and is part of a broader strategic change for the department and the Council;

(ii)        that agreement be given to enter into an agreement pursuant to section 75 of the National Health Services Act 2006 with London North West Hospital Trust to enable the development and delivery of the new assessment and therapy elements of the IRRS, in which the Council’s staff will be seconded to LNWHT;

(iii)       that it be noted that the service outlined in (ii) will be funded as part of a wider proposal to enter into an agreement, pursuant to section 75 of the National Health Services Act 2006, with Brent NHS Clinical Commissioning Group, and that a further report will be brought to Cabinet that will outline the full details of this;

(iv)       that approval be given to the invite of tenders for the new community based rehabilitation and reablement service on the basis of the pre - tender considerations set out in paragraph 6.2 of this report;

(v)        that approval be given for officers to evaluate the procurement referred to in 2.4 above on the basis of the evaluation criteria set out in paragraph 6.2 of this report;

(vi)       that authority be delegated authority to award the contracts for the community based rehabilitation and reablement service provision to the Strategic Director, Adults in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Adults, Health and Well-being, and the Chief Legal Officer.

The report from the Strategic Director, Adults related to one of the key projects within Brent’s Better Care Fund (BCF) Programme: the development of an Integrated Rehabilitation and Reablement Service (IRRS). The new service would provide a single point of entry to integrated, short term, intensive assistance support to help people achieve independence in daily living skills and rehabilitation goals in their own home and was jointly funded/commissioned by Brent Council and Brent Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG).

Councillor Hirani (Lead Member, Adults, Health and Well-being) advised that the contract was due to start in April 2016 and the new proposals were designed to end duplication between the rehabilitation and reablement services and reflect the needs of the patient.

RESOLVED:

(i)         that it be noted that this was the first new fully integrated service to be developed as part of the wider Better Care Fund programme, and is part of a broader strategic change for the department and the Council;

(ii)        that agreement be given to enter into an agreement pursuant to section 75 of the National Health Services Act 2006 with London North West Hospital Trust to enable the development and delivery of the new assessment and therapy elements of the IRRS, in which the council’s staff will be seconded to LNWHT;

(iii)       that it be noted that the service outlined in (ii) would be funded as part of a wider proposal to enter into an agreement, pursuant to section 75 of the National Health Services Act 2006, with Brent NHS Clinical Commissioning Group, and that a further report will be brought to Cabinet that would outline the full details of this;

(iv)       that approval be given to the invite of tenders for the new community based rehabilitation and reablement service on the basis of the pre - tender considerations set out in paragraph 6.2 of this report;

(v)        that approval be given for officers to evaluate the procurement referred to in (iv) above on the basis of the evaluation criteria set out in paragraph 6.2 of the report;

(vi)       that authority be delegated authority to award the contracts for the community based rehabilitation and reablement service provision to the Strategic Director, Adults in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Adults, Health and Well-being, and the Chief Legal Officer.