Decision details

Development of Locality Commissioning

Decision Maker: Cabinet

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Is Key decision?: Yes

Is subject to call in?: No

Purpose:

This is a follow up to a previous Cabinet report, presented in October 2014 and covering the review of the Newcastle Partnership. As part of the Partnership review, it was proposed and accepted by the Partnership that a collaborative approach to commissioning would be set up in order to deliver added value services in key areas of need for the Borough. This report will set out the details of this collaborative approach and secure Cabinet approval of the transfer of funds from the existing Third Sector Commissioning Framework and also for the Borough Council to act as the lead agency for this work in terms of administrative support and accounting.

Decision:

 

That Cabinet:

 

a)    Approve the in principle appointment of NULBC as the accountable body for the purposes of locality commissioning as set out in this report, pending the development of a Memorandum of Understanding between partners and the completion of a risk assessment into the implications of assuming the role of accountable body in this context

 

b)    Authorises the Chief Executive, on behalf of NULBC, to sign the letter dated 1st December 2014 from Staffordshire County Council (found at Appendix A), thereby authorising the transfer of £226,789 from SCC to NULBC for the purposes of locality commissioning, and adding to the other funding areas dedicated to locality commissioning (see Appendix B)

 

c)    Agrees to the presentation of a further report at the Cabinet meeting of 25th March 2015 setting out the results of the risk assessment and proposals based on these results around NULBC becoming the accountable body for locality commissioning in the Borough. This will include a process for the review of locality commissioning before the end of the 2015/16 financial year to understand lessons learnt.

Report author: Mark Bailey

Publication date: 04/02/2015

Date of decision: 04/02/2015

Decided at meeting: 04/02/2015 - Cabinet

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