Agenda item

The meeting received a report on proposals for the use of the additional adult social care funding allocated to the Borough for the period 2017-20.  The report summarised in paragraph 4.2 the areas towards which funding would be prioritised, with detailed proposals set out in Appendix 2, in compliance with the Government’s conditions on the use of the funding.  The meeting noted the intention to address issues associated with adult social care but also to support the interface between health and social care.  The proposals had been the subject of discussions with partners and agreement at SSDG.

The meeting noted the specific condition that the funding should support improved performance at the health and social care interface, and that Barnsley performed well already in this area.  If the proposals go some way to accelerating the discharge process still further this would be welcomed.  The meeting noted the inclusion of proposals to create a more sustainable care market, which would be accessed by providers through normal routine business. 

RESOLVED:-

(i)        that the proposed use of additional non-recurrent adult social care funding for the period 2017-20, summarised in paragraph 4.2 and detailed in Appendices 1 and 2 of the report, be approved; and

(ii)       that the progress made as a result of this funding form part of the Board’s periodic consideration of the Better Care Fund performance report.