Agenda item

The Board considered a report of the Director of Adults and Communities regarding the final Leicestershire Better Care Fund (BCF) Plan for 2025/26. A copy of the report, marked ‘Agenda Item 12’, is filed with these minutes.

It was suggested that a development session could take place regarding the Better Care Fund submission 2025/26 in the Autumn prior to the documents being submitted to NHS England.

RESOLVED:

(a)        That the Leicestershire Better Care Fund Plan 2025-26, including the Planning Template, Demand and Capacity template and Narrative document, be noted;

(b)        That the action taken by the Chief Executive of Leicestershire County Council, following consultation with the Chairman of the Health and Wellbeing Board, to approve the Better Care Fund Year 2025-26 report and use powers of delegation to approve this by the NHS England submission deadline of 31st March 2025, be noted.