Agenda, decisions and minutes

The Chair welcomed everyone to the first hybrid meeting of the Integration Joint Board, with Members joining in the Health Village and virtually via Teams.

The Board resolved:-

to note the Chair’s remarks.

There was no exempt business.

Members were requested to intimate any Declarations of Interest or Transparency Statements in respect of the items on the agenda.

The Board resolved:-

(i)             to note that Councillor Cooke advised that he had a connection in relation to agenda item 4.1 (Medium Term Financial Framework - 2023-2028) as he was an Aberdeen City Council representative on the Board of Aberdeen Care and Repair, however, having applied the objective test he did not consider that his connection amounted to an interest which would prevent him from participating in the discussion on the item; and

(ii)            to note that Caroline Howarth advised that she had a connection in relation to agenda item 4.1 as she was a partner at the Newburn Practice, however, having applied the objective test she did not consider that her connection amounted to an interest which would prevent her from participating in the discussion on the item.

The Board had before it the Medium Term Financial Framework prepared by the Chief Finance Officer.

The report recommended:-

that the Board:

(a)           note the anticipated financial out-turn for 2022/23 and the impact on the Reserves position of the IJB as indicated at paragraph 3.4 of the report;

(b)           note the financial allocations proposed to be allocated by the partner organisations as indicated at paragraph 3.9 of the report;

(c)           approve the 2023/24 budget and the Aberdeen City IJB Medium Term Financial Framework included as Appendix 1 of the report;

(d)           note that £2.5 million was held in a risk fund as indicated at paragraph 3.22 of the report;

(e)           approve the Bon Accord Care contract level for 2023/24 of £35,625,000 and budget assumptions as indicated at paragraphs 3.25 and 3.26 of the report;

(f)             instruct the Chief Finance Officer to apply the national guidance to calculate the level of increase on non-National Care Home Contract services and pass this increase across to providers as indicated at paragraph 3.28 of the report;

(g)           instruct the Chief Finance Officer to uplift the direct payments for clients with a staffing element included in their payment by the amount calculated using the national guidance as indicated at paragraph 3.29 of the report;

(h)           make the budget directions contained in Appendix 2 of the report and instruct the Chief Finance Officer to issue those directions to the constituent authorities; and

(i)             approve the Year 2 Delivery Plan at Appendix 4 and note that budget monitoring information from June 2023 would be linked to each project.

The Board resolved:-

to approve the recommendations.

-                LUAN GRUGEON, Chair.