Agenda item

Adults and Health Services Quarter 2 Forecast of Revenue and Capital Outturn 2017/18

Minutes:

The Committee considered a report of the Head of Finance and Transactional Services, presented by the Finance Manager for Adults and Health Services, that provided details of the updated forecast outturn position for the Adult and Health Services (AHS) service grouping, highlighting major variances in comparison with the budget, based on spending to the end of September 2017 (for copy of report and slides see file of Minutes).

 

Councillor Bell asked if there were any government plans for social care funding beyond 2020.  He also asked if we were comfortable with the suppliers in relation to the increase in payments for care home providers.  The Finance Manager advised that the opportunity to increase Council Tax by 6% had been implemented by DCC as 2% over three year period.  The green paper was awaited and it was hoped to get further funding for social care and this would be responded to from a finance perspective.  With regards to the care home providers, discussions were ongoing to ensure there was enough capacity in the market and that the offer was fair.  This was still to be determined.

 

Mrs Hassoon commented that it was early days and she could foresee many changes.  The Finance Manager added that there was an agenda to work closely with health colleagues and that they were working much more closely with the CCGs.  There was also benefit in having a Director of Integration to ensure we all worked together with the same agenda.

 

On answering a question from Councillor Temple, the Finance Manager explained that the £13m increase for the improved better care fund was already set into the budget and that the transfer to services was due to the unitisation of the planning and performance team moving Children and Young People’s Services and Transformation and Partnerships.

 

Members were concerned about the delay in figures being reported to scrutiny and asked if this could be speeded up.  The Finance Manager explained that the quarterly reports come to scrutiny at the next appropriate meeting following Cabinet.

 

Resolved:

That the financial forecasts, summarised in the Quarter 2 forecast of outturn report to Cabinet in November 2017, be noted.

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