6 Budget 2024/25 and Consultation PDF 672 KB
:
Additional documents:
Minutes:
The Board gave consideration to a report seeking approval of the budget and savings proposals for 2024/25. The report advised that the financial context was difficult and work had been ongoing for a number of months to address the budget gap that had been identified.
Decision
The Integration Joint Board –
1.
noted that the HSCP was seeking approval for its budget for
spend of £329m which relied upon financial recovery, in-year savings and/or
brokerage via NHS Highland totalling £2.7m;
2.
agreed to amend the budget and savings plan for 2024/25 as
outlined in the submitted report by:
a)
removing
the £160k saving within Older Adult Day Services for 2024/25, to be funded by
increasing the allocation of Pension Fund Savings by £160k; and
b)
revising
the proposed review of Older Adult Day Services to emphasise that this would be
led by engagement with staff, service users, their families and wider
communities, and would not have any associated assumption of savings, service
closures, or direction of users to alternative provision;
3.
noted that Equality Impact Assessments had been completed for
relevant savings proposals and that these were publicly available;
4.
noted that the Social Work Budget was partly funded by
non-recurring pension fund savings to be held by °ÄÃÅ×î×¼ËIJ»Ïñ & Bute Council for
this purpose and for transformation;
5.
noted that the HSCP expected to be operating on a financial
recovery basis in 2024/25;
6.
noted that there may be a requirement to develop and implement
additional service reduction plans urgently, and that these were likely to
involve service cuts. Any such proposals would be brought back to the IJB and
subject to full public consultation, with a process to be agreed through the
Finance and Policy Committee;
7.
noted that opening offers and directions were being finalised
with partners and were expected to align with the budget; and
8.
noted
that the HSCP was proposing to utilise non-recurring funding to support
services and that future funding gaps were substantial.
(Reference:
Report by Head of Finance dated 27 March 2024, submitted)
: