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Consideration has been given to the Better Care Fund submission for Gateshead for 2017-19 in order to support health and social care services to provide integrated care for the benefit of local people in ways that are sustainable for the local health and care economy.

RESOLVED -

(i)

That the Better Care Fund submission for Gateshead for 2017-19 be endorsed.

(ii)

That it be noted that at the request of the Health and Wellbeing Board the submission Narrative Plan contained a statement setting out concerns about government expectations relating to local performance against the metric for Delayed Transfers of Care.

The above decisions have been made for the following reasons:

(A)

To enable the Council, working with local partners and local communities, to take forward the 2017-19 Better Care Fund plan for Gateshead to support integrated health and care for the benefit of local people.

(B)

To help ensure that the health and care economy is sustainable for the future and is in a position to respond to demographic and funding pressures across the system.