Issue - meetings

(15 minutes)

To consider the latest iteration of the Better Care Narrative Plan.

Judith Westcott

Judith Westcott, Senior Commissioning Manager gave a presentation on the Better Care Fund Update and asked the Board to approve the narrative plan which was circulated in advance of the meeting.

The following comments were raised by Board Members:

1.  will Godfrey reassured the Board that the Council had been through the narrative plan with rigour.  He referred to the strategic priorities relating to admission avoidance and prevention and expressed concern that at a national level, there was too much emphasis placed on the speed of discharging people without considering the readmission rate.

2.  Cllr Paul May noted that the funding was having an impact on reducing the length of stay of B&NES residents in hospitals and asked if there was any learning that could be shared with Wiltshire and Swindon where the figure was continuing to rise.

The Board RESOLVED to approve and sign off the Better Care Fund 2023-2025 Narrative Plan.