Issue - meetings

Gary Guest (Programme & Project Manager) to give an update on the Better Care Fund

(5 minutes)

Suzanne Westhead and Laura Ambler gave an update on the Better Care Fund and drew attention to the following:

·  The Government had confirmed that the £500 million Adult Social Care Discharge Fund would be pooled into local Better Care Fund plans and Section 75 agreements.

·  Funding would be provided through grants to Local Authorities (40% of the national fund) and allocations via ICBs (the remaining 60%).

·  Use of funding would be agreed locally between the ICA and Local Authority.

·  The money would be released in two tranches, the first in early December and the second in January.

·  ICBs would need to confirm the agreed distribution of their allocations across the HWBs in their area via submission of 2 plans:

§  ICB Level – Used to confirm how funding allocated to ICB’s would be distributed across the HWB BCF plans that the ICB contribute to

§  HWB Level – Used to confirm how the funding in each HWB’s BCF would be spent and the expected activity.

·  Submission deadline for plans had been set as 16^th December 2022.

·  The NHS B&NES, Swindon and Wiltshire allocation was confirmed as £6,247,209.87 and the allocation to the B&NES area would be agreed locally.

·  The B&NES Council allocation was £608,127.

·  The money needed to be spent by the end of March 2023 and there were proposed schemes in place.

It was agreed that Paul Harris be included in future discussions with Suzanne Westhead and Laura Ambler about proposed schemes.

The Board RESOLVED to:

1.  Note the Better Care Fund Update.