Submitting member has a registered interest.
That the Parliament understands that the way that health and social care services are planned and delivered was changed by the Public Bodies (Joint Working) (Scotland) Act 2014 in order to require local authorities and NHS boards to deliver adult community health and social care services, including services for older people at the right time and in the right setting during their care journey, with a focus on community-based and preventative care; believes that 31 health and social care partnerships were set up to manage around £9 billion in resources with the Act requiring local authorities and NHS boards to jointly prepare an integration scheme, which sets out the key arrangements for how services are planned, delivered and monitored in their areas; notes that there is a choice of ways in which they may do this, they can either delegate functions between each other, which is known as the lead agency arrangement or they can delegate to a third body, the integration joint board (IJB); understands that 30 areas adopted the IJB model, with Clackmannanshire and Stirling forming one with NHS Forth Valley; considers this IJB's membership to be broad, as it includes local authority councillors, NHS non-executive directors and others who do not possess voting rights, including professional representatives and community and staff stakeholders; notes that each IJB receives delegated funds from their NHS board and local authority, as there is no separate direct funding from the Scottish Government, and acknowledges the reported significant financial challenges that IJBs have been experiencing for some considerable time.
Result 83 for, 27 against, 4 abstained, 15 did not vote Agreed
Scottish National Party
Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Scottish Labour
Scottish Green Party
Scottish Liberal Democrats
No Party Affiliation
Alba Party
Independent