To approve the section 75 (s75) agreement between the council and Herefordshire Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG), effective from 1 April 2019 to 31 March 2020. In summary the report identifies the following points:

·         the s75 agreement is a national requirement, set by NHS England under the NHS Act 2006, which enables partners to commission integrated health and social care services;

·         the existing agreement is due to end on 31 March 2019;

·         the new agreement covers a range of services and operational functions of both partners at a total value of £55.685m for 2019/20;

·         scheme level detail of the agreement will be finalised following the publication of the national BCF policy framework and planning guidance; and

·         a key change to existing schemes is the introduction of a discharge to assess pilot for 2019/20.