Decision details

INTEGRATED COMMISSIONING BUSINESS CASE

Decision status: For Determination

Is Key decision?: Yes

Is subject to call in?: Yes

Decisions:

Carole Burgoyne (Strategic Director for People) submitted a report on the Integrated Commissioning project, which formed part of the Integrated Health and Well Being transformation programme, together with the business case for the project.  The business case set out how Plymouth City Council and Northern, Eastern and Western Devon Clinical Commissioning Group (NEW Devon CCG) proposed to take forward Integrated Commissioning, in line with the Health and Wellbeing Board’s vision of achieving integration by 2016.

 

Councillor Tuffin (Cabinet Member for Health and Adult Social Care) introduced the proposals.

 

The recommendations of the Caring Plymouth Co-operative Scrutiny Review Group were noted.

 

Judith Harwood (Assistant Director for Education, Learning and Families, Craig McArdle (Head of Co-operative Commissioning), Craig Williams, (Interim Programme Manager for Integrated Health and Wellbeing) and Nicky Jones (Commissioning Lead, West Locality NEW Devon CCG) also attended the meeting.

 

Alternative options considered and the reasons for the decision –

 

As set out in the report.

 

In order to meet the challenges facing the health and care system, Agreed that -

 

(1)

Plymouth City Council reviews all commissioning activity across the People Directorate and Office of the Director of Public Health and establishes a single co-operative commissioning unit ahead of integration;

(2)

Plymouth City Council works collaboratively with NEW Devon CCG to achieve a fully integrated commissioning function new entity by March 2016;

(3) 

Plymouth City Council works with NEW Devon CCG to develop a section 75 agreement(s) by the end of March 2015 to pool budgets based around:

 

(a)

wellness;

 

(b)

community based care;

 

(c)

complex / bed based care (excluding acute);

 

as a result, Plymouth City Council and NEW Devon CCG will work collaboratively to achieve an interim commissioning function by March 2015;

(4)

Plymouth City Council works with NEW Devon CCG to develop single commissioning strategies based around the above;

(5)

Recommendations (2), (3) and (4) are subject to further Plymouth City Council and NEW Devon CCG governance approvals prior to implementation in November 2014.

 

(Please note: Tracey Lee (Chief Executive) was present for the remaining items on the agenda).

Publication date: 18/07/2014

Date of decision: 15/07/2014

Decided at meeting: 15/07/2014 - Cabinet

Effective from: 26/07/2014

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