The Director of Adults and Health recommended the following:
1. To enter into an agreement with the CCG to pool previously approved LCC funding and re-designated CCG funding in the Better Care Fund Section 75 Agreement with Leeds CCG (total pooled value £1.883m over 2 years) – for the service.
2. To use Adults and Health in-house provision to undertake the care and support service requirements to the value of £1.315m to establish LCC to be the lead provider of the service
3. To approve the use of the negotiated procedure without prior publication of a notice under Regulation 32 (2) (b) (ii) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015, for an initial period of 2 years at a total value of £465,000, resulting in the award of a contract to Leeds Community Healthcare Trust to deliver nursing and physiotherapy services.