Agenda item

Report of the Assistant Director Commissioning, Performance and Transformation

The Assistant Director Commissioning, Performance and Transformation submitted a report (previously circulated) updating Members on progress of the submission of the Darlington Better Care Fund Plan for the 2022/23 programme.

The submitted report stated that the Better Care Fund (BCF) was a programme spanning the NHS and Local Government which sought to join up health and care services; and that integrated care boards (ICBs) and local government were required to agree a joint plan which was owned by the Health and Wellbeing Board.

 Details were provided of the four national conditions for funding, three of which remain as previous years, with a change to national condition 4, and the key metrics that the Plan should focus on; funding for 2022/23 was outlined; and the funding package was not new monies.

It was stated that the plan for Darlington was being drafted; that a service review was underway across all funded schemes and was due to be completed by the end of September 2022; and due to timescales the draft and final plan cannot be submitted to this Scrutiny Committee or the Health and Wellbeing Board for approval.

The Chair proposed that Members give further consideration to the submitted report at a future meeting of this Scrutiny Committee.

RESOLVED – (a) That the progress of the draft plan be noted.

(b) That the changes to national condition 4 be noted.

(c) That this Scrutiny Committee  gives further consideration to the submitted report at a future meeting of this scrutiny committee.