Decision details

28.1     The Board considered a report by the Director of Adult Social Care and Health providing a summary of the Better Care Fund (BCF) requirements for 2016/17, the East Sussex plans, and the arrangements for the Section 75 Pooled Budgets.

28.2     The Board RESOLVED to:

1) note the requirements for 2016/17 Better Care Fund;

2) approve the East Sussex Better Care Fund Plans, subject to any final amendments, prior to submission by 25 April 2016;

3) note and approve the 2016/17 Better Care Fund Section 75 Pooled Budget arrangements; and

4) agree that authority for final approval of the plans and the revised pooled budget governance be delegated to Adult Social Care (ASC) and Clinical Commissioning Group Chief Officers pending any final minor amendments prior to submission.