Issue - meetings

Report of the Chief Operating Officer (Section 151 Officer) and the Director of Adult Services and Housing

The Cabinet considered a joint report of the Chief Operating Officer (Section 151 Officer) and the Director of Adult Services and Housing, which sought approval to enter into a partnership agreement with Coventry & Warwickshire Clinical Commissioning Group and Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust.

The ambitions set out in the Mental Health Implementation Plan 2019/20–2023/24, remain the foundation for the transformation of local mental health services across the Coventry and Warwickshire footprint.

To support driving that change it waa proposed that the Council enter into a partnership agreement with Coventry and Warwickshire Clinical Commissioning Group and Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust.  This would be a partnership agreement whereby NHS organisations and local authorities contribute an agreed level of resource into a single pot (the pooled budget) that would then be used to drive the integration and improvement of existing services.

City Council budgets would not be part of this proposed pooling arrangement, with the pooled sums being provided by Coventry and Warwickshire Clinical Commissioning Group and Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust. The Council would provide officer time and the fulfilment of hosting responsibilities.

RESOLVED that, the Cabinet recommend that Council:

1.  Approve entering into a partnership agreement with Coventry and Warwickshire Commissioning Group and Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust to support the transformation of mental health services.

2.  Approve that the Council is the host for the pooled budget to support the partnership arrangement.