Cabinet Member for Adult Social Services AGREED to:
a)
Approve:
i.
The Agreement of a s75 NHS Act 2006 pooled
commissioning budget with Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire West
Integrated Care Board from 1 April 2023. The draft Agreement is included in the
report as Annex 1.
ii.
Delegation to Corporate Director of Adult
Services and the Council s151 Officer to finalise the Agreement prior to
signature in line with the Council’s scheme of delegation.
iii.
The financial contributions as set out at
paragraph 10 and the risk share set out at paragraph 30.
b) Note:
i.
The Agreement will commence on 1 April 2023. It
has been approved for completion by the Buckinghamshire,
Oxfordshire and Berkshire West Integrated Care Board at its meeting on 21
March 2023. The Agreement replaces that dating from 1 April 2013 with the
former Oxfordshire Clinical Commissioning Group.
ii.
The Agreement gives authority to, and binds, the
Council and the ICB to pool financial and other resources to deliver better
outcomes for the people of Oxfordshire. The Agreement extends the approach to
integrated commissioning led by the Council on behalf of the partners and will
support the further development and implementation of partnership working in
Oxfordshire. The Agreement incorporates the Better Care Fund for Oxfordshire.
iii.
The governance arrangements for the new s75
Agreement.
iv.
That any future development of the s75 Agreement
which proposes an expansion of strategic scope, and the relevant budgets may
require wider public consultation.