POOLED FUND MANAGEMENT. 8.1 The Parties hereby agree that the Host Partner shall appoint an officer to act as the Pooled Fund Manager for the purposes of Regulation 7(4) of the Regulations, subject to the consent of the other Party (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld).
8.2 The Pooled Fund Manager shall have the following duties and responsibilities:
8.2.1 the day to day operation and management of the Pooled Fund;
8.2.2 preparing and submitting to the Integrated Commissioning Board bi-monthly reports (or more frequent reports if required by the Integrated Commissioning Board) and an annual return about the income and expenditure from the Pooled Fund together with such other information as may be required by the Parties and the Integrated Commissioning Board to monitor the effectiveness of the Pooled Fund and to enable the Parties to complete their own financial accounts and returns; and
8.2.3 compliance with the obligations set out in the Financial Framework.
8.3 Pursuant to this Agreement, the Parties agree to establishing a Finance Economy Group and a Task and Finish Group, with the composition and responsibilities of such groups further specified in the Financial Framework.
8.4 In carrying out the responsibilities under Clause 8.2 the Pooled Fund Manager shall be accountable to the Parties and have regard to the recommendations of the Finance Economy Group, the Task and Finish Group, and the Integrated Commissioning Board. Furthermore, the Pooled Fund Manager must comply with the Financial Framework and the Information Framework.
8.5 Both Parties acknowledge the importance of ensuring that there is sufficient financial management support for the Integrated Commissioning Fund, and the Chief Financial Officer (or equivalent) of each Party shall be responsible for ensuring this support.
8.6 The Integrated Commissioning Board may agree to the viring of funds within the Pooled Fund (subject to any specific requirements of the Financial Framework).
POOLED FUND MANAGEMENT. 7.1. The Council is the host partner for the purposes of the Regulations.
7.2. The Pooled Fund Manager shall be such officer of the Council as the Council may from time to time nominate for this role and who has been approved by the Health Board (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) and who has been affirmed in the role by the PMG within thirty (30) days of the commencement of each Financial Year or (in any other case) the Council's Head of Adult Social Care in the Wellbeing Directorate
7.3. The Pooled Fund Manager shall be accountable directly to the Council's Head of Adult Social Care except where it is the Head of Adult Social Care when it will be the Council's Authorised Officer.
7.4. The Pooled Fund Manager shall be responsible for authorising payments and the Council shall make such payments from the Pooled Fund in accordance with the Service description, the Aims and Objectives, and the agreed Budget, as set out in the Schedules 3, 1 and 5 respectively to this Agreement.
7.5. The Pooled Fund Manager may delegate the day-to-day management of pooled funds in accordance with Council's Financial Procedures.
7.6. The Pooled Fund Manager shall be responsible for managing the Pooled Fund and forecasting and reporting to the PMG upon the targets and information in accordance with Schedule 6 and any further targets or performance measures that may be set by the PMG from time to time.
7.7. The Pooled Fund Manager shall produce an annual statement of account for both partners. The Health Board's Authorised Officer shall in turn ensure reporting on the same to the officer of the Health Board responsible for the administration of its financial affairs. In accordance with the Partnership Regulations, the Pooled Fund Manager shall also arrange for the external audit certification of the annual return, and associated partnership account.
7.8. The Council shall be responsible for any costs, claims, expenses or liabilities in excess of the Pooled Fund at any time, save that the Partners shall be jointly responsible (in the proportions of their respective contributions to the Pooled Fund for the then current Financial Year) for any such costs, claims, expenses or liabilities incurred with the agreement of the Partners in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
7.9. The benefit of any projected surplus in the Pooled Fund at the end of each Financial Year shall be used for such other expenditure as the PMG may determine.
7.10. The Pooled Fund M...
POOLED FUND MANAGEMENT. Each individual service where there is a Pooled Fund, shall have a designated Pooled Fund Manager who will be an existing officer within one of the Partners, with the following duties and responsibilities:- The day to day operation and management of the Pooled Fund; Ensuring that all expenditure from the Pooled Fund is in accordance with the provisions of the S.75 Agreement and the relevant Scheme specification; Maintaining an overview of all joint financial issues affecting the Council and the CCG in relation to the Individual Schemes and the Pooled Fund; Ensuring that full and proper records for accounting purposes are kept in respect of the pooled fund; Reporting to the Partnership Board as required (this would be through the overall Pooled Fund Manager); Ensuring action is taken to manage any projected under or overspends relating to the Pooled Fund in accordance with this S.75 Agreement; In conjunction with the overall Pooled Fund Manager, preparing and submitting to the Partnership Board quarterly reports (or more frequent reports if required) and an annual return about the income and expenditure from the Pooled Fund together with such other information as may be required to monitor the effectiveness of the BCF and to enable the CCG and the Council to complete their own financial accounts and returns; In conjunction with the overall Pooled Fund Manager, preparing and submitting reports to the Health and Wellbeing Board as required by it. The Partnership Board may agree to the virement of funds between Pooled Funds, in line with Council and NHS Financial Regulations Table 3: Expenditure Plan (by Pooled Budget) Terminology used in this Schedule shall have the meaning attributed to it in the NHS Standard Form Contract save where this Agreement or the context requires otherwise.
POOLED FUND MANAGEMENT. 1. The Pooled Fund Manager in respect of the Pooled Fund shall have the following duties and responsibilities:
7.1.1 the day to day operation and management of the Pooled Fund;
7.1.2 ensuring that all expenditure from the Pooled Fund is in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement and the relevant Scheme Specification;
7.1.3 maintaining an overview of all joint financial issues affecting the Partners in relation to the Services and the Pooled Fund;
7.1.4 ensuring that full and proper records for accounting purposes are kept in respect of the Pooled Fund;
7.1.5 reporting to the Health & Wellbeing Board as required;
7.1.6 ensuring action is taken to manage any projected under or overspends relating to the Pooled Fund in accordance with this Agreement;
7.1.7 preparing and submitting to the Health & Wellbeing Board Quarterly reports (or more frequent reports if required) and an annual return about the income and expenditure from the Pooled Fund together with such other information as may be required by the Partners and the Health & Wellbeing Board to monitor the effectiveness of the Pooled Fund and to enable the Partners to complete their own financial accounts and returns. The Partners agree to provide all necessary information to the Pooled Fund Manager in time for the reporting requirements to be met.
2. In carrying out their responsibilities as provided under Xxxxxx [8.2] the Pooled Fund Manager shall have regard to the recommendations of the Health & Wellbeing Board and shall be accountable to the Partners.
3. The Health & Wellbeing Board (or the Executive Delivery Group through delegated authority) may agree to the viring of funds between Pooled Funds.
POOLED FUND MANAGEMENT. The Pooled Fund Manager for each Pooled Fund shall have the following duties and responsibilities:
POOLED FUND MANAGEMENT. 7 The Pooled Funds are managed by respective commissioning teams, in co-located offices. For example, LBC is the Host Partner to Children & Young People and Learning Difficulties & Autism Pooled Funds. BLMK ICB is the Host Partner to Mental Health & Wellbeing Pooled Fund. Any variances and the subsequent treatment against the pooled funds will be subject to a type of contribution either being fixed or variable as explained above. BLMK ICB lead commissions contract with ELFT and Total Wellbeing/IAPT Services. Planning guidance is usually issued in December and contracts are signed by the end of March each year. LBC finance, the non-host partner, sets its budget five months earlier in November, and once set any deviation becomes an organisational problem. Given these two timing conflicts, BLMK ICB finance has agreed to provide, in written form, any early guidance issued by NHSE to support any budget uplifts required in the LBC budgets for the subsequent financial year. Previously both partners have agreed a new arrangement for joint funded clients as per paragraph 14 above.
POOLED FUND MANAGEMENT. 8.1 When introducing a Pooled Fund in respect of an Individual Scheme, the Partners shall agree:
8.1.1 which of the Partners shall act as Host Partner for the purposes of Regulations 7(4) and 7(5) and shall provide the financial administrative systems for the Pooled Fund; and
8.1.2 which officer of the Host Partner shall act as the Pooled Fund Manager for the purposes of Regulation 7(4) of the Regulations.
8.2 The Pooled Fund Manager shall have the following duties and responsibilities:
8.2.1 To develop and implement an overarching Commissioning Project Plan for the BCF, to maximize Joint (Aligned)/Co commissioning and Integrated Commissioning opportunities allied to the Pooled Fund working in conjunction with the lead officers of each Partner organisation.
8.2.2 To lead on the delivery of the joint procurement and management of the Residential and Nursing Care Home Market to ensure effectiveness and efficiency of such procurements across health and social care.
8.2.3 To support the development of Joint (Aligned) Co-commissioning/Integrated Commissioning strategies for Learning Disability and Mental Health.
8.2.4 To embed the governance structure set out in Schedule 2 of this Agreement within both organisations and to develop and deliver a work plan for the BCF for 2015/16.
POOLED FUND MANAGEMENT. 5.1. The Pooled Fund Manager shall be the Senior Commissioning Manager (SCM)
POOLED FUND MANAGEMENT. The Pooled Fund Manager, with full cooperation from each Partner, has the responsibility to report to the Integrated Commissioning Board any such potential Overspends and Underspend with options for addressing them at the earliest opportunity Actions could include: agreeing an action plan to reduce expenditure; identifying underspends that can be vired from any other Permitted Budget maintained under this agreement. Consider additional contributions from one or both Partners Consider decommissioning all or any part of a Service Should there be a projected Overspend against any of the Individual Schemes, the respective budget holder will seek to rectify this in the first instance before any decision is taken to utilise Underspends on any other schemes. The Integrated Commissioning Board must authorise any appropriate action. Any virement between schemes must be ratified by the Integrated Commissioning Board The Integrated Commissioning Board and the Health and Wellbeing Board will receive quarterly formal written reports on the delivery and progress of the Rochdale Better Care Fund plan and progress against the performance measures. The Transformation Plan sets out the boroughs plans for delivering a fully integrated sustainable health and social care system. The key theme of the plan is to strengthen the out of hospital services through an expanded neighbourhood approach to service delivery and ensuring people access the right service in the right place at the right time. The BCF supports the delivery of the transformation plan through the newly commissioned carers’ service, the Intermediate Tier service and the reablement services. There is a requirement in the BCF to meet the BCF metrics and the national conditions. Detailed below are the planned targets for the BCF metrics and an outline of how we will meet the National Conditions. 5.1 HWB NEA Activity Plan Q1 17/18 Q2 17/18 Q3 17/18 Q4 17/18 Total 17/18 5.2 Residential Admissions 15/16 Actual 16/17 Plan 17/18 Plan Comments Long-term support needs of older people (age 65 and over) met by admission to residential and nursing care homes, per 100,000 population Annual rate 742.7 716.7 685.3 Numerator 000 000 000 Denominat or 34,333 34,879 35,458 5.3 Reablement 15/16 Actual 16/17 Plan 17/18 Plan Comments Proportion of older people (65 and over) who were still at home 91 days after discharge Xxx ual % 84% 83% 85% Num erat 158 160 166 from hospital into reablement / rehabilitation Services or Xxxx min...
POOLED FUND MANAGEMENT. 5 The Pooled Fund Manager shall report financial performance to the Finance and Performance Board who will monitor budget performance and identify necessary actions to the Better Care Fund Steering Group to ensure the pool is managed within the agreed pooled budget. The partners agree to operate the pool under the principles of fairness and transparency with neither party intentionally setting out to pass financial risks or to benefit at the expense of the other partner. The partners agree to assess the cause of any overspend or underspend at outturn and will use this assessment to determine how the risk or benefit is shared between partners.
