Issue - meetings

Cabinet Members: Adult Services and Children, Education & Families

Forward Plan Ref: 2011/167

Contact: Sara Livadeas, Deputy Director of Joint Commissioning Tel: (01865) 323968

Report by Director for Social & Community Services and Director for Children, Education & Families (CA12).

The s75 NHS Act Pooled Commissioning Agreement for Mental Health between Oxfordshire County Council (OCC) and Oxfordshire PCT (OPCT)expires on 31 March 2012. The current mental health commissioning strategy (Better Mental Health in Oxfordshire) expires at the same time.

This paper proposes that

• the current s75 Agreement between OCC and OPCT should be extended from April 2012 to 31 March 2013

• The scope of the current s75 agreement should be extended to include specialist and targeted mental health services for children and young people 

• The s75 agreement should be reviewed again during 2012-13 as part of the wider discussions in relation to the developing Health and Wellbeing Board

• The current s75 agreement should be amended. It needs to change to reflect the increase in scope to cover specialist and targeted services for children and young people and needs to be redrawn to deliver the outcomes defined by the HWB.

These proposals have been approved by

• Oxfordshire Clinical Commissioning Group at its meetings on 19/7/2011 and 25/10/2011

•Oxfordshire Children’s Trust at its meeting on 23/9/2011

• The Mental Health Commissioning Joint Management Group at its meeting on 14/11/2011

These proposals have been subject to engagement both by NHS Oxfordshire and the Children and Young People’s Sounding Board. There has been a significant degree of support as is set out in the report. As the proposals do not relate to any changes in service provision, HOSC have confirmed that the engagement undertaken was appropriate in view of the level of change proposed

The Cabinet is RECOMMENDED to

(a)       approve the proposals:

to widen the scope of the Mental Health strategy as set out in paragraph 12;

to extend the current s75 to April 2013

to transfer the Council’s funding for specialist and targetedChild and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) into the section 75 agreement; and

(b)       to grant delegated powers to Directors and s151 officers to develop and sign off the section 75 agreement

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Cabinet considered a report setting out proposals relating to the Section75 NHS Act 2006 Mental Health Pooled Commissioning Budget Agreement between Oxfordshire County Council (OCC) and Oxfordshire Primary Care Trust (OPCT) and Specialist and targeted Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS).

RESOLVED:                        to

(a)       approve the proposals: to widen the scope of the Mental Health            strategy as set out in paragraph 12; to extend the current s75 to April          2013 to transfer the Council’s Child and Adolescent Mental Health             Services (CAM funding for specialist and targeted HS) into the section           75 agreement; and

(b)       to grant delegated powers to Directors and s151 officers to develop    and sign off the section 75 agreement.