Issue - meetings

Glynis Rogers, Divisional Director Community Safety and Public Protection, LBBD, presented the report on the provision of a Section 75 Agreement for the Provision of Learning Disability Services. 

One of the recommendations of the Winterbourne View concordat was that local authorities and health partners put joint and collaborative commissioning arrangements into place.  The Board had been provided with reports in March and September 2014 on the intentions for the Section 75 Agreement for learning disabilities.  The Section 75 Agreement before the Board set out the provision of an integrated Community Learning Disability Team, which would bring together the services provided by North East London NHS Foundation Trust (NELFT) and the Council.  The full details of were set out in the report on how that would be achieved on a practical level, including workforce structure and staffing, monitoring and the operational group membership, outstanding issues. 

The Council would be the ‘host’ organisation and the agreement would be effective for a term of three years from its commencement date, with the option to extend for a further two years.

It was noted that Jacqui Van Rossum had delegated responsibility to sign the agreement and it did not need to go to the NELFT Board.

Having received and discussed the report, the Board:

(i)  Delegated authority to the Corporate Director of Adult and Community Services, in consultation with the Chief Finance Officer and the Director for Legal and Democratic Services, to finalise terms and enter into Section 75 Agreements with North East London NHS Foundation Trust for the provision of the integrated learning disability service.