Issue - meetings

Better Care Fund

Meeting: 06/05/2025 - Cabinet (Item 5)

Additional documents:

Appendix 1, item 5 PDF 388 KB

Minutes:

Background:

The report presented the Cabinet with Medway’s Better Care Fund plan for 2025-2026, for approval.

The Better Care Fund (BCF) in Medway was a joint plan between NHS Kent and Medway Integrated Care Board (ICB) and Medway Council with Medway NHS Foundation Trust (MFT) as a key stakeholder. The BCF pooled budget was administered in accordance with a Section 75 agreement between Kent and Medway NHS and the Council.

The report had previously been considered by the Health and Wellbeing Board on 10 April 2025 and the Cabinet thanked the Board for its comments which were set out in section 7 of the report.

*Decision* *number:*	*Decision:*
	The Cabinet noted the comments of the Health and Wellbeing Board, as set out in section 7 of the report.
63/2025	The Cabinet agreed the Better Care Fund plan for 2025-2026.
64/2025	The Cabinet agreed to delegate authority to the Director of People and Deputy Chief Executive, in consultation with the Deputy Leader of the Council, to oversee any further changes to the Better Care Fund plan and Section 75 agreement, as required to meet national approval.
65/2025	The Cabinet agreed to delegate authority to the Director of People and Deputy Chief Executive, in consultation with the Deputy Leader of the Council, to approve all monitoring reports as required by NHS England.

Reasons:

Approval of the Better Care Fund Plan 2025-2026 formalises the submission made to NHS England, which had to take place as a provisional submission by 31 March 2025.