Common use of Background to the agreement Clause in Contracts

Background to the agreement. 5.1 The Parties are organisations working to improve the health and care of people resident in the Stockport area and patients registered to GP practices within the same area. They believe that outcomes for their served populations can be greatly enhanced by closer working Partnership arrangements. Although the parties responsibilities nominally cover the same geographical area, they have different commissioning responsibilities to the registered population for health care services and to the resident population for public health and social care services. 5.2 The objective of the Partnership Arrangements are to improve the outcomes for health and social care users from commissioned services through closer working between the National Health Service and Local Government to the extent (from time to time and subject to the terms of this agreement) that it is lawful to do so and consistent with the obligations of the Parties to co-operate with each other in commissioning the care.

Background to the agreement. 5.1 The Parties are organisations working to improve the health and care of people resident in the Stockport area and patients registered to GP practices within the same area. They believe that outcomes for their served populations can be greatly enhanced by closer working Partnership arrangements. Although the parties responsibilities nominally cover the same geographical area, they have different commissioning responsibilities to the registered population for health care services and to the resident population for public health and social care services. 5.2 The objective of the Partnership Arrangements are is to improve the outcomes for health and social care users from commissioned services through closer working between the National Health Service and Local Government to the extent (from time to time and subject to the terms of this agreement) that it is lawful to do so and consistent with the obligations of the Parties to co-operate with each other in commissioning the care.