Agenda and minutes

Venue: Room 4E, Level 4 - Civic Centre, Oldham

Contact: Elizabeth Drogan 

Items
No. Item

1.

Election of Chair

The Panel is asked to elect a Chair for the duration of the meeting.

Minutes:

RESOLVED – That Councillor Chauhan be elected Chair for the duration of the meeting.

2.

Apologies For Absence

Minutes:

There were apologies for absence were received from Councillor Chadderton, Dr Ian Milnes, Majid Hussain and Carolyn Wilkins.

3.

Urgent Business

Urgent business, if any, introduced by the Chair

Minutes:

The Chair agreed to consider an Item of business –Mental Health Investment Standards 2019/20: Breakdown of Allocation to Deliver IAPT and EIP National Requirements, as a matter of urgency in accordance with S.100 B (4) of the Local Government Act 1972; Urgent Cabinet approval was required to enable the Board to approve the plan for the Mental Health Investment Standard and to delegate approval of the final business case.

 

The matter was considered at Item 10a of the Agenda.

 

4.

Declarations of Interest

To Receive Declarations of Interest in any Contract or matter to be discussed at the meeting.

Minutes:

There were no declarations of interest received.

5.

Minutes of the Commissioning Partnership Board held on 28th March 2019 pdf icon PDF 152 KB

Minutes:

RESOLVED – That the minutes of the Commissioning Partnership Board held on 28th March 2019 be approved.

6.

Public Question Time

To receive Questions from the Public, in accordance with the Council’s Constitution.

Minutes:

There were no public questions received.

7.

Award of the Thriving Communities Social Action Fund pdf icon PDF 219 KB

Minutes:

The Board gave consideration to a report of the Strategic Director of Reform which sought approval to award the Social Action Fund grants to 5 successful applications who would work in collaboration with the Thriving Communities Programme, projects and wider system.

The report provided details of the grants process for the Social Action Fund which was established to address social isolation and loneliness and to tackle one or more of the Oldham Cares priorities:

·         Reduction in pressure on Accident and Emergency

·         Mental Health

·         Reduction in child obesity

·         Diabetes prevention

·         Improve out of hospital Care

The value of the fund was £850k and the projects would be delivered over a 3 year period.

 

Options/ alternatives

Option 1 – Award the 5 successful grants based on the cording at the expression of interest and full submission stages.

Option 2 – To ward to less than 5 groups and use the under spend to go out for further applications after 6-12 months.

 

RESOLVED – That the Board would considered the commercially sensitive information at Item 11 of the agenda before making a decision.

 

8.

Contract Extension for Supported Living Provision pdf icon PDF 134 KB

Minutes:

The Board gave consideration to a report of the Managing Director of Community Health and Social Care Services and the Strategic Director of Commissioning and Chief Operating Officer which sought approval for an exemption from the Council’s Contract Procedure Rules to extend current commissioning arrangements for the provision of Supported Living for adults with learning disabilities and or complex needs.

The Board were advised that the current arrangements with each provider expired on 31st March 2019 and there was no specific option to extend the individual contracts within the existing terms and conditions.

The prices for Supported Living provision would remain in line with the provision set in the original contract, but would be subject to uplifts which will be applied following Board agreement in April 2019.

 

Option 1 - To approve the exemption from the Council’s Contract Procedure Rules to grant an extension to existing contracts with the 6 existing providers for a period of up to 12 months from 1st April 2019.  This would ensure the least disruption to service users in their own homes and ensure business continuity.

Option 2 -To not approve to award the contracts and cease delivery of supported living provision across Oldham.

 

RESOLVED – That the Board would considered the commercially sensitive information contained at Item 13 of the agenda.

9.

Health and Adult Social Care Fee Proposals for 2019/20 pdf icon PDF 221 KB

Additional documents:

Minutes:

The Board gave consideration to a report of the Managing Director of Health and Adult Social Care Community Services and Strategic Director of Commissioning and Chief Operating Officer which sought approval the fees for commissioned services, following consultation with the health and adult social care provider market including:

·       Residential and Nursing Care

·       Care at Home

·       Extra Care Housing

·       Supported Living Services

·       Personal Assistants

The Board were advised that following market analysis, fee proposals were made to the Oldham Care market for the financial year 2019/2, as a result of feedback received a revised set of proposals were consulted upon through February 2019.

Following consideration of the consultation feedback it was proposed that the fees for 2019/20 as set out in the second round of consultation be implemented.

The proposed fees were set out in the report.

 

Care homes

 

 

Current rate/week

2019/20 proposals

 

Base rate

 

£450

         

£500

PQuIP engagement

 

n/a

£10

CQC Good

 

n/a

£25

CQC Outstanding

 

n/a

£45

Oldham Quality Good

£45

n/a

Oldham Quality Excellent

£65

n/a

Dementia premium

 

£45

£45

Mental disorder premium

 

£84

£84

12 month bridging payment for homes currently rated as “excellent” under the Oldham scheme and Requires Improvement with CQC*

n/a

£10

12 month bridging payment for homes currently rated as “excellent” under the Oldham scheme and Good with CQC*

n/a

£20

Nursing premium – payable for all nursing placements

n/a

£30

Non-residential providers

 

 

Care at Home

Extra Care Housing

Supported living non-complex

Supported living complex*

Sleep in’s

PA’s

Current rates

£15.22/hr

 

£17.22/ hr OL3 area

£14.26/hr

£14.26/hr

£15.70/hr

£80/night

£10/hr (excludes employers NI and pension contributions)

£65/night sleep-in’s

Proposed 19/20 rates –2.2%

£15.56/hr

£17.56/hr OL3 area

£14.57/hr

£14.57/hr

£16.05/hr

£80/night

(no increase)

£10/hr

(excludes employers NI and pension contributions)

 

£65/night sleep-in’s

(no increase)

 

Options/alternatives

Option 1 – Revert to the initial set of proposals consulted upon in December 2018.

Options 2 – Apply the fees set out in the revised consultation as detailed within the report.

 

RESOLVED – That the Board would give consideration to the commercially sensitive information contained at 13 of the agenda before making a decision.

 

10.

Exclusion of the Press and Public

That, in accordance with Section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act 1972, the press and public be excluded from the meeting for the following items of business on the grounds that they contain exempt information under paragraph(s) 3 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Act, and it would not, on balance, be in the public interest to disclose the reports.

Minutes:

RESOLVED that, in accordance with Section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act 1972, the press and public be excluded from the meeting for the following items of business on the grounds that they contain exempt information under paragraphs 3 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Act, and it would not, on balance, be in the public interest to disclose the reports.

11.

Urgent Business

Minutes:

The Chair agreed to consider an Item of business –Mental Health Investment Standards 2019/20: Breakdown of Allocation to Deliver IAPT and EIP National Requirements, as a matter of urgency in accordance with S.100 B (4) of the Local Government Act 1972; Urgent Cabinet approval was required to enable the Board to approve the plan for the Mental Health Investment Standard and to delegate approval of the final business case.

 

The Board gave consideration to a report of the Senior Commissioning Business Partner, which sought approval for the Mental Health Investment Standard 2019/20 and sought delegation of the approval of the Mental Health Investment Strategy business case to reduce any delay in meeting 2019/20 targets.

 

Options/alternatives

Option 1 – Not to invest or invest differently

Option 2 – To approve the plan for the MHIS allocation to fund the areas outlined in the report.

 

RESOLVED – That:

1.    The recued savings available due to investment required be noted.

2.    The plan for the Mental Health Investment Standard allocation to fund the areas outlined in this report pending a more detailed business case.

3.    The approval of the final Mental Health Investment Standard business case in order to recue any delay to meeting the 2019/20 targets and comply with mutually agreed timescales in the contract.

12.

Award of the Thriving Communities Social Action Fund

Minutes:

The Board gave consideration to the commercial information in relation to Item 7 - Award of the Thriving Communities Social Action Fund.

 

RESOLVED – The recommendations as contained in the commercially sensitive report be approved.

13.

Contract Extension for Supported Living Provision

Minutes:

The Board gave consideration to the commercially sensitive information in relation to Item 8 - Contract Extension for Supported Living Provision.

 

RESOLVED – That the recommendations as detailed within the commercially sensitive report be approved.

14.

Health and Adult Social Care Fee Proposals for 2019/20

Minutes:

The Board gave consideration to the commercially sensitive information in relation to Item 9 - Health and Adult Social Care Fee Proposals for 2019/20.

 

RESOLVED – That the recommendations contained within the commercially sensitive report be approved.