Issue - decisions

RESOLVED:-

      i.        Cabinet delegated approval to the Strategic Director of Community Wellbeing in consultation with the Chief Finance Officer and Chief Legal Officer to enter into partnership agreements pursuant to Section 75 of the National Health Service Act 2006 for such period or periods as may be agreed but with all partnership agreements to conclude by 31 March 2023, in respect of the following:

-       the delivery of the approved Better Care Fund Plan with NHS Brent Clinical Commissioning Group (Brent CCG);

-       the provision of Brent’s Integrated Community Equipment Services (BICES) with Brent CCG and

-       the delivery of adult mental health social care with Central North West London NHS Foundation Trust (CNWL).

    ii.        Cabinet gave approval for the Council to act as lead agency on behalf of the partners for the continued operation of a pooled budget with Brent CCG and CNWL under the partnership agreement of which Brent Council will be the budget holder.

   iii.        Cabinet gave approval for the transfer of the Council’s pro rata contribution as set out in paragraph 4.1-4.3.1 for the financial year 2016/17 to relevant pooled budgets with annual financial contributions to the pooled budgets for subsequent financial years to be delegated to the Strategic Director of Community Wellbeing in consultation with the Chief Finance Officer provided that there is no substantial change in Partnership arrangements.

   iv.        Cabinet delegated to the Strategic Director of Community Wellbeing, in consultation with the Chief Legal Officer and the Chief Finance Officer the exact form of that written agreement required to enter the proposed partnership agreements as detailed in 2.1.

    v.        Cabinet delegated to the Strategic Director of Community Wellbeing, in consultation with the Chief Legal Officer and the Chief Finance Officer award of Mental Health contracts with a value not exceeding £1m.