Issue - decisions

CONTRACT AWARD FOR INTEGRATED HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE DELIVERY

 

 

13/03/2015 - CONTRACT AWARD FOR INTEGRATED HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE DELIVERY

With reference to minutes 26 and 27of 15 July 2014 and minutes 74 and 75 of 11 November 2014, Carole Burgoyne (Strategic Director for People) submitted a report seeking approval of the contract award for an Integrated Health and Adult Social Care provider. 

 

Cabinet viewed a video on integrated health and social care in Plymouth.  Councillor Jon Taylor (Cabinet Member for Transformation and Change) introduced the proposals and highlighted that the proposals would allow Plymouth to better face the challenges of the coming years and would reform the way in which care was delivered.  This significant reform would ensure that resources could be more effectively directed towards prevention and towards community care, health and social care. He paid tribute to everyone involved for their ambition, vision and effective partnership working that had brought the organisations to this point.

 

Councillor Tuffin (Cabinet Member for Health and Adult Social Care) emphasised the vision as well as the significant changes across the organisations involved which would result in significant improvements in the very near future; people’s social care needs would be met in their homes rather than in a hospital.  Clients would be involved at the heart of the decision making about their personal care needs.

 

Jerry Clough (Chief Operating Officer of CCG and Managing Director, Western Locality),Anna Coles (Project Manager, Transformation),Alex Hurford-John (Programme/Project Support Officer),Nicola Lenden (Transformation Communications Lead), Richard Longford (Head of Communications), Craig McArdle (Head of Co-operative Commissioning),David Northey (Head of Corporate Strategy), (Harry Sherwin (Project Manager, Transformation),James Stannard (Project Management Apprentice) and Linda Torney (Assistant Head of Legal Services) also attended the meeting for this item.

 

Cabinet heard from Carole Burgoyne, Craig McArdle and Jerry Clough who -

 

(a)

referred to consultation exercise that had been undertaken; 

(b)

 indicated that the cost of the contract to the City Council was c. £7.5m  and that the input from the CCG was much greater;

(c)

 

advised that the commissioning would place integrated health and social care at the heart of services.

 

Alternative options considered and reasons for the decision –

 

As set out in the report.

 

Agreed –

 

(1)

to award a contract for the provision of Adult Social Care for a period of 1 year to Plymouth Community Healthcare CIC (PCH) commencing on 1 April 2015; 

(2)

the commissioning intention for Plymouth City Council to jointly procure the contract for the provision of Adult Social Care with NEW Devon CCG for a three year contract term with an option to extend for a further two years to commence from 1 April 2016. This procurement is to be in line with the NEW Devon Clinical Commissioning Groups, Transforming Community Services Process;

(3) 

to enter into the Transfer Agreement and Admission Agreement in respect of the Local Government Pensions Scheme;

(4) 

to act as Guarantor under the Admission Agreement in respect of the Local Government Pensions Scheme;

(5)

the delegation of functions to Plymouth Community Healthcare to allow it to make day to day operational decisions in respect of the services to be provided to the public under Part 1 of the Care Act 2014;

(6)

that thanks are extended to Steve Waite (Chief Executive, Plymouth Community Healthcare) and Marc Gorman (Project Management Apprentice), Harry Sherwin and James Stannard.

 

(See also minute 144 below)