Agenda and minutes

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:

Apologies for absence were received from Dr. John Patterson, Dr. Gopi, Claire Smith, Shelley Grumbridge, Helen Lockwood, Rebekah Sutcliffe and Nicola Hepburn.

3.

Urgent Business

Urgent business, if any, introduced by the Chair

Minutes:

There were no items of urgent business received.

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.

Public Question Time

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

Minutes:

There were no public questions received.

6.

Minutes of Previous Meeting pdf icon PDF 223 KB

The Minutes of the Commissioning Partnership Board held on 27th February 2020 are attached for approval.

Minutes:

RESOLVED that the minutes of the Commissioning Partnership Board meeting held on 27th February 2020 be approved as a correct record.

 

7.

Section 75 2019-20 Year End Position Report pdf icon PDF 313 KB

Additional documents:

Minutes:

The Commissioning Partnership Board gave consideration to the Oldham Care Section 75 pooled fund year-end position for 2019/20.

 

The report showed expenditure of £163.970m compared to a budget of £157.941m which resulted in an adverse variance of £6.029m.  Most of the variance related to Oldham Council services, of which a significant amount was offset by favourable variances outside the S75 budget areas.

 

The Section 75 (S.75) agreements existed between Local Authorities and the NHS nationally for the pooling of budgets to facilitate closer working.  Oldham Council and Oldham Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) had entered into such an agreement to facilitate a whole system approach for the delivery of care to the citizens of Oldham.  The agreement for 2019/20, broadened in scope and increased in value.  It was enhanced by the Council’s £5.9m increased contribution to the wider healthcare economy.  The final 2019/20 S75 Agreement and pooled fund had been considered and approved under emergency arrangements.  The Board were reminded that S75 monitoring reports had been presented at Months 6, 8 and 9 during the 2019/20 financial year.

 

The final budget and actual expenditure were presented in the report. 

 

The Council reported an adverse variance against the pooled budget of £5.99m compared with £5.35m at month 9.  The increase was as a result of backdated care package payment not previously recorded.  A significant amount of the adverse variance was offset by favourable variances from income generation and salaries cost.  The whole of the Community Health and Adults Social Care Services portfolio had an overspend of £2.21m at the end of the 2019/20 financial year.  The major contributing factors were pressures within community care placements, linked to people with learning disabilities, physical disabilities, sensory and memory and cognitive need. 

 

The CCG reported a net pooled overspend of £0.04m compared with £0.51m at Month 9.  This was principally in respect of increase usage of mental health inpatient beds.  In addition there were variances within the category of health care placement, which collectively had a small net overspend.

 

Options Considered

 

1.         To note the contents of the report

2.         To challenge the contents and recommendations in the report

 

RESOLVED that the Section 75 2019-20 Year End Position report be noted.