Issue - meetings
HWBB 9.7.25 - BCF End of Year Return (002)
Meeting: 09/07/2025 - Health and Wellbeing Board (Item 9)
9 Better Care Fund Plan 2025-26 
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Additional documents:
- HWBB 9.7.25 - BCF End of Year Return (002), item 9
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- Halton HWB BCF 2025-26 Narrative Plan (Final), item 9
PDF 270 KB
- App 2 - Planning Template, item 9
PDF 917 KB
- App 3 BCF Capacity and Demand Template, item 9
PDF 548 KB
Minutes:
The Board received a report from the Executive Director of Adult Social Services, which provided an update on the Better Care Fund (BCF) Plan 2025-26, following its submission on 31st March 2025.
In January
2025, the Government published a BCF Policy framework for 2025-26 which set out
the vision, funding, oversight and support arrangements. The aim was to reform to support the shift
from sickness to prevention and to support people living independently and the
shift from hospital to home.
The Board noted that in order to support the BCF Plan 2024-25, the current Joint Working Agreement was reviewed and updated to reflect recent changes in governance and processes. The new Joint Working Agreement runs for two years up to the end of March 2027 and this was approved by partners.
RESOLVED: That the Better Care Fund Plan 2024-25 be noted for information.