Issue - meetings

To receive an update on the Better Care Fund.

The Service Delivery Manager: Adult Social Care provided the Board with an update on the Better Care Fund. Members heard the Better Care Fund was a national programme that was place based to Telford & Wrekin. It was jointly lead by Telford and Wrekin Council and the Shropshire Telford and Wrekin Integrated Care System. The Service Delivery Manager: Adult Social Care informed members that the current two year Better Care Fund Plan had recently been signed off through the Board's delegation arrangements, however challenges still remained.

Members heard that the focus of the plan was to improve systems and to become more efficient, particularly in respect to discharge arrangements. The Service Delivery Manager: Adult Social Care advised that the use of community resources such as the Rapid Response Team had been key to ensuring that.

The Service Delivery Manager: Adult Social Care informed that board that prior to submission the programme must meet the national conditions, which had been revised to include a detailed profile of urgent care demand and capacity and regular reporting on the utilisation of the specific allocated additional Discharge Fund monies. The plan submitted in June 2023 built on the successes of work in previous years, such as the Integrated Discharge Model and Discharge to Assess approach.

RESOLVED – that the Board:

a)    Note the Better Care Fund programme progress to date;

b)    Support the delivery of the Better Care Fund programme for 2023/25;

c)    Receive an update on progress in early 2024.