To note the recent submission of the Better Care Fund plan on 19 September 2014.

The Board considered a report that provided an update on the submission of the Better Care Fund Plan (BCFP).  The report highlighted where the BCFP had been revised following the first submission on 14 February 2014.  An informal briefing was held with Board Members on 15 September 2014 to discussed the revised draft submission before the final submission was made on 19 September 2014.

The revised BCFP had retained the four priority programmes for transforming health and social care in Central Bedfordshire.  The following four programmes would support the local ambition to deliver locality based health and social care and were focused on shifting resources from hospital settings to more community-based care:

·         reshaping the model for prevention and early intervention;

·         supporting people with long term conditions through multi-disciplinary working;

·         expanding the range of services that support older people with frailty and disabilities; and

·         restructuring integrated care pathways for those with urgent care needs.

The Board acknowledged that this was a great opportunity to bring care for people closer to home.

NOTED

the recent submission of the Better Care Fund Plan.