Decision details

The committee considered the report which set out the ‘Blueprint 2030’ and the Care Communities Operating Model which had been developed in partnership with colleagues across the NHS and community and voluntary sector, creating a neighbourhood footprint for health and care services in Cheshire East in 2030.

The committee noted that the plans brought together best practice across neighbourhoods that provide a standardised way of working, with sufficient flexibility to meet local needs, further building on positive local arrangements and relationships. It was confirmed that approving the report would not commit the council to provide its statutory services any differently, but rather created a common framework for operation.

The committee agreed that it was important that Cheshire East and its care communities were fully represented on the ICS Place Board and that any changes to how the council provided services or spent monies would be subject to consultation and approval from the appropriate committee to ensure scrutiny and oversight.

A friendly amendment was accepted by the committee in relation to recommendation 3. It was agreed that the recommendation should read as follows:

“Delegate to the S151 Officer alongside the Executive Director, Adult Social Care, Health and Integration, the consideration of and, if deemed appropriate by them, the decision to allocate existing resources to the Place Partnership Board for deployment within the Care Communities, subject to appropriate approvals from the Adults and Health Committee, in line with the Constitution”.

RESOLVED (unanimously):

That the Corporate Policy Committee

1.    Endorse the Cheshire East Health and Care ‘Blueprint 2030’ and the continued involvement of officers to work on its implementation.

2.    Endorse the Care Communities Operating Model and the continued involvement of officers in the work of the Care Communities.

3.    Delegate to the S151 Officer alongside the Executive Director, Adult Social Care, Health and Integration, the consideration of and, if deemed appropriate by them, the decision to allocate existing resources to the Place Partnership Board for deployment within the Care Communities, subject to appropriate approvals from the Adults and Health Committee, in line with the Constitution.