THAT:

(a)        the following principles be adopted to guide the allocation and prioritisation of the additional funding of £7,311,000 over three years (2017/18 to 2019/20):

•           To support market development and sustainability for social care providers in Herefordshire

•           To support short term health initiatives that demonstrate future benefit to residents, and across the health and social care system

•           To integrate services through joint pathways and not building functions and services silos

•           To utIlise a pilot approach to new initiatives to enable the evidence of benefits and learn from what works in practice 

•           To invest in systems to identify and track individuals to demonstrate the evidence of need and outcomes

•           To invest in initiatives that prevent or delay the need for formal care and prevent hospital admission

•           To invest in technology enabled care to support the care workforce challenge across the health and social care system;

(b)        the director for adults and wellbeing, following consultation with the cabinet member for health and wellbeing and the section 151 officer, be authorised to determine the detailed allocation of the funding having regard to these principles and any national conditions associated with the funding; and

(c)        in exercising the authority referenced in recommendation b above, the director for adults and wellbeing report to cabinet in the quarterly corporate performance reports, how the funding has been allocated and the outcomes achieved from its use.