Issue - meetings

Report CSD18038

The Board considered an update on the performance of the Better Care Fund 2017/18 up to the end of March 2018, including expenditure and activity levels.

The Better Care Fund was a programme spanning the NHS and the Local Authority which aimed to join up health and care services to support people to manage their own health and wellbeing and live independently in their communities for as long as possible.  Developed by the Local Authority and Bromley Clinical Commissioning Group, Bromley’s Better Care Fund 2017-19 Local Plan had been endorsed by the Health and Wellbeing Board at its meeting on 7^th September 2017 and formally approved by NHS England on 27^th October 2017.  The Better Care Fund allocation for Bromley for 2017/18 was £22.1M which was being used to fund a number of locally agreed schemes including additional capacity for Reablement Services, the Dementia Universal Support Service, Health Support for Care Homes and Extra Care Housing and Early Intervention and Self-Management schemes to support people to maintain their independence in the community for longer.  Schemes providing carer support services and community equipment were also funded and the Local Authority and Bromley Clinical Commissioning Group would continue to work towards the increasing integration of health and social care.

In considering the report, the Chairman underlined the need to raise public awareness of the positive impact of schemes funded by the Better Care Fund.  Revised performance data for Bromley Well for the period of October 2017 to March 2018 that had been included in the report at Paragraph 4.29 would be provided to Board Members following the meeting.

Board Members were advised that future performance updates on the Better Care Fund and Improved Better Care Fund would be presented in a joint report. 

RESOLVED that the report be noted.