Issue - meetings

To consider the report of the Interim Director of Adult Social Services advising of the intention to commit Health and Social Care capital funding to two information and technology led schemes in order to support the City’s ambitious plans to be the Best City in the country for Health and Wellbeing. The report follows the decision of the Executive Board to create a specific Capital fund of £25 Million to support the City's ambitious plans to be the Best City for Health and Wellbeing. The Capital Fund is also intended to ensure that such plans are achieved on a sustainable basis, through the reduction of future revenue costs across the health and care system.

Further to Minute No.74, 17^th September 2014, the Interim Director of Adult Social Services submitted a report advising of the intention to commit Health and Social Care capital funding to two information and technology led schemes in order to support the City’s ambitious plans to be the Best City in the country for Health and Wellbeing.

Responding to an enquiry, officers provided the Board with information on the potential options available to recoup any savings realised from the Department of Health (DoH) as a result of an investment into the Health and Social Care Aggregated Secure Network Interconnection. In addition, it was noted that with regard to this project, an investment would not be made until there had been a satisfactory conclusion to the discussions held with the DoH regarding the release of such savings.

It was highlighted that further cross-directorate and multi-agency working was required in order to maximise the available resource for the benefit of health and social care service provision.

Finally, the Members paid tribute to the work of the Council’s ICT team who continued to lead the way nationally in terms of the technological advances being made in the field of health and wellbeing.

RESOLVED – That approval be given to the first drawdown of £1,350,000 from the Health and Social Care Capital Fund to progress work on the first two information and technology schemes, which are:-

(i)  Approval to spend £1,300,000 on the Tracking Outcomes for Children and Young People scheme;

(ii)  Approval to spend £50,000 on the Health and Social Care Network Interconnection (N3 to YHPSN), subject to the satisfactory conclusion of discussions with the Department of Health.