The Health and Social Care Act 2012 requires a
local Healthwatch service to be provided in each local authority
area that has social care responsibilities. The existing contract
comes to a close at the end of the 2015/16 financial year and this
report seeks approval for a new contractual arrangement for 2016/17
and 2017/18, with an option to extend to 2018/19.
Decision type: Key
Reason Key: Expenditure/Income over £5m & policies or new income, reserves use, overspend over £300K;
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Wards affected: (All Wards);
Notice of proposed decision first published: 06/11/2015
Report access: Open report with exempt appendix;
Decision due: 8 Feb 2016 by Cabinet
Lead member: Cabinet Member for Adult Social Care and Health
Department: Finance Department
Contact: Tom Conniffe Email: Tom.Conniffe@bhf.gov.uk Tel: 020 8753 2195.
Reason No Public Access: PART OPEN PART PRIVATE Part of this report is exempt from disclosure on the grounds that it contains information relating to the financial or business affairs of a particular person (including the authority holding that information) under paragraph 3 of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972, and in all the circumstances of the case, the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information.