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RESOLVED:
 
To
delegate authority to the Cabinet Member for Adult Social Care and
Public Health and the Executive Member for Adults, Health and
Wellbeing, in consultation with the Executive Director of People
Services and Director of Public Health & Wellbeing
to:
 
·        
Commission a separate more local North
Northamptonshire Healthwatch and a West Northamptonshire
Healthwatch services, that will have the interests of its own
population served.

 
·        
Each authority reviews their service specification
to include Healthwatch England’s current recommendations and
any revised national quality framework.
 
·        
The guidance states that local authorities should
establish a contractual arrangement with an independent
organisation that should be a social enterprise that delivers
Healthwatch activity.  Social
Enterprises are defined as:

 
Community
Interest Companies (CICs), Industrial and Provident Societies
(IPSs) or Limited Liability Partnerships (LLPs).
 
·        
The recommended financial model for Healthwatch asks
councils to provide additional funding to bolster the core
grant.  A 12-month waiver would offer
each authority time to re-assess the contract value as they develop
their own model.
 
Reasons for Recommendation
 
To
ensure that each council has appropriate Healthwatch arrangements
in place which have the interests of its own population
served.
 
Alternative Options Considered
 
The
only alternative would be the existing model, that both councils
had the intention of moving away from.