Decision details

1)     To endorse and adopt as policy the intention of creating an integrated system of care -  to include social care,  housing support, community health, specialist acute and primary care and General Practice - in order to improve access, to better respond to people’s needs and to achieve necessary efficiencies.

2)     That authority be delegated to the Chief Executive, acting with the Director of Finance and Corporate Services and the Assistant Director (Legal & Democratic Services), in consultation with the Leader and the Cabinet Member for Community Care, to enter into agreements on such terms as officers consider appropriate with Central London Community Healthcare (CLCH) NHS Trust through powers under s. 113 of the Local Government Act 1972 to place officers of CLCH and the Council at the disposal of each other in order to manage adult social care, housing support and related health services on behalf of each other.

3)   That authority be delegated to the Chief Executive, acting with the Director of Community Services and Assistant Director (Legal and Democratic Services), to enter into agreements on such terms as officers consider appropriate with Central London Community Healthcare (CLCH) NHS Trust under s.75 of the NHS Act 2006 to set up integrated provider services with pooled budgets as appropriate to manage integrated health and Council services, the first of these being for Rapid Care.

4)   To note and agree the actions in phase one of this integration programme as set out in section 3 of this report.