Decision Maker: Director of Public Health
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: No
Is subject to call in?: No
In 2018 the Council entered into a Joint
Commissioners Agreement (JCA) with Doncaster Clinical Commissioning
Group following a Cabinet decision. The agreement provided a
framework to work together to improve health and wellbeing in the
borough whilst each organisation retained its own decision making
processes.
The JCA has been useful in providing a framework for joint
commissioning but has now exhausted all contract extensions.
The JCA is a legally-binding commitment to develop integrated
commissioning and builds on the previously agreed Memorandum of
Understanding between the Council and CCG.
The Agreement sets out the work required to support the parties as
they work towards effective joint commissioning and provide
necessary legal assurances for both the Council and CCG. The JCA
provides the strategic commitment to bring commissioning together
for the benefit of Doncaster residents, and to jointly address the
financial challenges in the health and care system.
The Agreement will commit both parties to work together during
2022/23 in the areas of opportunity through existing contracts
(i.e. joint work to support integrated working but not full joint
investment and re-contracting of services in 2022/23).
The Agreement sets out the areas of joint development, the aims,
integration goals and commissioning actions for each of the areas
of opportunity. Importantly, there are no plans in 2022/23 to
replace existing provider contracts with new jointly commissioned
and delivered contracts.
The JCA also provides stability as the South Yorkshire NHS is
established on the 1st July 2022.
There are no material changes to this new JCA.
To enter into a refreshed Joint Commissioners
Agreement with Doncaster Clinical Commissioning Group.
ALTERNATIVE OPTIONS CONSIDERED AND
REJECTED
Do not enter into a new agreement.
Publication date: 15/06/2022
Date of decision: 14/06/2022
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