Issue - meetings

Cabinet Member: Adult Social Care

Forward Plan Ref: 2024/334

Contact: Samia Shibli, Commissioning Manager -Live Well

Samia.shibli@oxfordshire.gov.uk

Report by Director of Adult Social Care (CA12)

Cabinet is RECOMMENDED to:

a)    Approve the direct award of a new mental health contract between Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Berkshire West Integrated Care Board (“BOB ICB”) and Oxford Health (NHS) Foundation Trust funded under the pooled fund arrangements of the S 75 Agreement (as defined at paragraph 30 below).

b)    Agree the Council’s funding contribution under the S 75 Agreement to BOB ICB for mental health services under the new mental health contract to be entered by BOB ICB for the lifetime of the contract.

c)    Delegate responsibility to the Director of Adult Social Services (DASS) in consultation with the Executive Member for Adult Social Care for oversight of the approval process as it progresses towards final sign off (by the contracting authority).