Issue - meetings

To consider a joint report of the Corporate Director for Corporate and Support Services (Stockport Council) and the Chief Finance Officer (Stockport Clinical Commissioning Group).

The report will set out data relating to performance of the Better Care Fund for the third quarter of 2015/16. The report will also include the completed template returns required by NHS England.

Officer contact: Michael Cullen (Council) / Marc Brady (CCG), 0161 474 4631, 0161 426 5589

A joint report of the Chief Finance Officer (Stockport Clinical Commissioning Group) and the Corporate Director for Corporate and Support Services (Stockport Council) was submitted (copies of which had been circulated) providing the Quarter32 Data Collection Return for the Better Care Fund that was required for submission to NHS England.

It was reported that because the number of Non-Elective Admissions was 10,345 which was in excess of the planned figure no performance funding would be released by NHS England.

It was reported that no planning guidance had yet been published in relation to the 2016/17 BCF, but that the likely funding allocation would be £19.295M, an increase of £700,000. The changes announced by the Government in relation to the BCF were likely to mean no further increase in resources until 2018/19.

Clarification was sought on the proposal to invest £700,000 into GP development. In response it was stated that this was designed to enhance primary care to prevent hospital admission and support the Proactive Care strand of Stockport Together.

RESOLVED – That in relation to the Better Care Fund Quarter 3 Data Collection Return:-

·         the continued growth of non-elective admissions at a rate greater than planned in the BCF and no element of the performance fund will being released be noted; 

·         the submission of the Q3 BCF monitoring tool to NHS England on or before 26 February 2016 be approved;

·         the financial performance of the BCF as at Q3 be noted; and

·         the direction of planning proposals around the BCF financial plans for 2016/17 be noted.