Issue - meetings

That

1.  The Council enters into a 2 year (extension) agreement with Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust resulting in the continuance of their role as the lead provider of Adult Mental Health Services including operational management. Resulting in an estimated cost of £3,787,914 over the two-year extension period (up to 30 November 2026).

2.  The extension of the pooled budget provision, the value of which will continue to be in line with CPI and the National Minimum Wage (which preserves the current value for money arrangement) be agreed.

3.  The power to sign this agreement and to finalise negotiations be delegated to the Chief Officer (Director of Adults Social Care) as the agreement primarily relates to staff who would normally be directly located in the Adults Social Care Directorate.

4.  It be noted that the Integrated Commissioning Board supports and has consented to the Trust retaining these arrangements with the Council.

Report ACH23-052

On 21 July 2004, Executive granted permission for the London Borough of Bromley to enter into an agreement with Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust for the provision of Adult Mental Health services. The agreement established the framework for Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust to undertake their role as the lead provider for Bromley’s Adult Mental Health Services (including the Community Mental Health Team), permissible under s31 of the Health Act 1999. Subsequently the London Borough of Bromley and Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust established a pooled budget to deliver the service and transferred/seconded staff to the new arrangement.

The current Agreement was due to expire on 30 November 2024 consequently, the purpose of the report was to seek Executive approval to extend the partnership arrangement for the provision of Adult Mental Health Services between the London Borough of Bromley and Oxleas NHS Trust.  The extension would enable the partners to continue to operationalise the required improvements, that were set out in the s31 Review (2021), and ultimately enable the Council to recommend a service model for the longer term.

The report had been scrutinised by the Adult Care & Health PDS Committee at its meeting on 21 November 2023 and the Committee had supported the recommendations.

RESOLVED: That

1.  It be authorised that the Council enters into a 2 year (extension) agreement with Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust resulting in the continuance of their role as the lead provider of Adult Mental Health Services including operational management. Resulting in an estimated cost of £3,787,914 over the two-year extension period (up to 30 November 2026).

2.  The extension of the pooled budget provision, the value of which will continue to be in line with CPI and the National Minimum Wage (which preserves the current value for money arrangement) be agreed.

3.  It be agreed that the power to sign this agreement and to finalise negotiations be delegated to the Chief Officer (Director of Adults Social Care) as the agreement primarily relates to staff who would normally be directly located in the Adults Social Care Directorate.

4.  It be noted that the Integrated Commissioning Board supports and has consented to the Trust retaining these arrangements with the Council.