NHS England, 21 May 2014
- NHS England will transfer £1,100 million from the Mandate to local authorities. £200 million of this total is the first part of the Better Care Fund, intended to help local authorities and clinical commissioning groups prepare for the implementation of the full Better Care Fund pooled budget in 2015/16.
- A letter provides information on the transfer to local authorities, how it should be made, and the allocations due to each local authority under Section 256 (5A)(5B) of the 2006 NHS Act .
- An additional document details the amounts to be paid to individual local authorities from the Area Teams.
- It is a condition of the transfer that local authorities demonstrate how the funding transfer will make a positive difference to social care services, and outcomes for service users, compared to service plans in the absence of the funding transfer. A joint CCG/LA report must be taken to the Health and Wellbeing Board to agree what the funding will be used for, any measurable outcomes and the agreed monitoring arrangements in each local authority area.
