Decision details

Further to the July Board report, this report will introduce and append a narrative detailing the history of health and social care service integration in Barking and Dagenham.

The Board will be asked to approve the narrative, as well as the consequent integration principles that it will outline.

The Board:

(i)  Noted the contents of the report and welcomed the narrative history of health and social care integration in the Borough, as set out  in Appendix A to the report; and

(ii)  Approve the policy positions detailed in section 5 of the report and part 3 of Appendix A to the report.

(iii)   Noted that work was ongoing to deal with organisational differences and the need to have robust mechanisms to overcome any differences as they occur.