Issue - meetings

(To receive a report from the Executive Director – Adult Care and Community Wellbeing which invites the Executive to consider the current and proposed commissioning arrangements for Adult Learning Disability Services, and approval is sought for the entering into of a Section 75 agreement with the Lincolnshire Clinical Commissioning Group (LCCG))

1.    That the establishment of Section 75 Agreement between LCC and Lincolnshire Clinical Commissioning Group for Adult Learning Disability Services based on the principles set out in the report, be approved.

2.    That approval be given for the Executive Councillor for Adult Care and Public Health and the Executive Director – Adult Care and Community Wellbeing to agree the annual risk share agreement on behalf of the Council within the principles set out in the Section 75.

The Assistant Director – Adult Care and Community Wellbeing presented a report which outlined the plans for the establishment of a Section 75 Agreement between LCC and Lincolnshire Clinical Commissioning for Adult Learning Disability Services.  It was reported that the existing Learning Disabilities Section 75 Agreement would formally end on 31 March 2022 with no provision to extend the existing agreement past this date, and so a new agreement would need to be developed and agreed for 1 April 2022 in order for the benefits gained through these arrangements to be continued.

The Chairman of the Adults and Community Wellbeing Scrutiny Committee was in attendance to present the comments of the Committee following consideration of this report at its meeting on 23 February 2022.  It was highlighted that the Committee felt that the Section 75 agreement provided good value for money and showcased the partnership working that took place in Lincolnshire.  The Committee supported the recommendations to the Executive and it was commented that closer working with the NHS should be encouraged.

During discussion by the Executive, the following points were noted:

·       This was fully supported, as it had been very successful previously, and it was a model that had been shown to work.

·       In terms of how future costs were agreed, it was noted that officers would be looking at benchmarking information from other local authorities.

·       It was noted that the costs of packages of care for individuals would vary, and it was important to manage the costs to get the value for money by working in partnership.

·       It was noted that feedback in relation to this had been really positive.

·       In terms of staffing costs it was noted that staff were employed by the county council, but the costs were shared with the CCG.

RESOLVED

1.    That the establishment of Section 75 Agreement between LCC and Lincolnshire Clinical Commissioning Group for Adult Learning Disability Services based on the principles set out in the report, be approved.

2.    That approval be given for the Executive Councillor for Adult Care and Public Health and the Executive Director – Adult Care and Community Wellbeing to agree the annual risk share agreement on behalf of the Council within the principles set out in the Section 75.