Issue - meetings

Consideration has been given to a decision accept identified funds from the Newcastle Gateshead Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) for use on health inequalities, using delegated powers, due to urgency required to accept funds within the timeframe available.

RESOLVED -

(i)

That the receipt of funds from the CCG for use on Health Inequalities and the use of the delegated powers by the Director of Public Health to accept the funding and its projected uses in accordance with Schedule 5, Part 2 General Delegations to Managers, Paragraph (4) (e) of the Council’s Constitution be noted.

(ii)

That the award of a grant over three years to Edbert’s House as set out in the report and within the Section 256 Agreement between the CCG and the Council be noted.

(iii)

That the proposal that Public Health and Wellbeing develop an evidence-based options appraisal and business case to use the funds to tackle health inequalities through actions aligned with the Health and Wellbeing Strategy be noted.

The above decisions have been made for the following reasons:

(A)

To inform Cabinet that the Director of Public Health used delegated powers set out in the constitution to accept the funds and projected uses within the limited timeframe available.

(B)

The Section 256 Agreement specified that approximately £380,000 of the funding was to be used to fund the project proposal for Edbert’s House to build capacity for Health Equity and a pilot a community hub at Highfield, building on learning gained from the development of other hubs in Central, South and East Gateshead. The identified method for enabling this would be through provision of a grant agreement.

(C)

The Section 256 Agreement specifies that the funding transferred will be used specifically to address health inequalities. Public Health will ensure that that an evidence-based approach is developed, in line with identified health needs among the population, and aligned with the priorities and actions set out in the Health and Wellbeing Strategy.