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The Board considered a
report of the Assistant Director, Adult Social Care Commissioning
and Prevention which sought to inform of the
spend and performance updates, along with any challenges
aligned to the Better Care Fund (BCF).
 
The Director of
Integrated Care and Health and Director of Adult Social Services
(DASS) was in attendance to present the
report and to address the questions and the comments of the Board
Members.
 
The BCF returns
had been sent back to the national BCF
team for review and follow up with any questions or further
evidence they may require. Other than
the quarterly returns there were no known other reporting requests
at this time.
 
To support this
process, the fortnightly BCF system delivery group continued to
meet. This was attended via system
representatives who either led or supported schemes or services
funded via the BCF. The delivery group provided a vehicle to check
and challenge activity and spend, realign spend, integrate schemes
and services funded, overcome barriers and highlight any
opportunities or best practice.
 
Resolved that the
Better Care Fund quarter 2 return for
the borough of Rochdale, in line with the grant conditions be
signed off. Noted in Annex B ‘Grant Conditions’, under
use of grant 3c: a recipient authority must: report on spend as
required, through the BCF reporting process. The BCF Quarter 2
return is required as part of the BCF reporting process. Improved
Better Care Fund Grant Determination 2024 to 2025 - GOV.UK
(www.gov.uk) (see appendix for printed PDF version).
 
Reason for
decision:
The signing
off of the quarterly BCF returns by the
appropriate body (Integrated Care Partnership) was a condition of
the grant funding and therefore the reason for recommendation.
 
Alternatives
considered and rejected:
Not to submit the
report to the Committee. This would not be in-line with the grant
conditions.