Issue - meetings

Recommendations

1)    Support the preferred option to establish a new Section 75 agreement between North Yorkshire Council and NHS Humber and North Yorkshire Integrated Care Board for the joint planning and delivery of community?based emotional wellbeing support for children and young people.

2)     Approve progressing to a formal 60?day public consultation on the proposed new Section 75 agreement.

3)    Agree that, subject to the outcome of the consultation, Executive delegate final sign?off the new Section 75 agreement to the Executive Director of Children and Young People Services in consultation with Children and Young People Service Executive Members.

Considered – A report of the Corporate Director Children and Young People’s Service seeking approval to consult on a new Section 75 partnership agreement with the Humber North Yorkshire Integrated Care Board for the joint planning and delivery of community-based emotional wellbeing support for children and young people.  Following completion of the consultation delegated authority was sought for the final Section 75 agreement to be signed off by the Executive Director in consultation with Children and Young People’s Service Executive Members.

The Executive Member for Children and Families, Councillor Janet Sanderson, presented the report and outlined the current service arrangements, noting strong performance outcomes and recognition as good practice. She explained that the current agreement was due to expire in March 2027 and that a 60-day consultation was required to inform future arrangements, with a view to maintaining flexibility for further integrated commissioning.  The current funding split was set out at paragraph 7.1 and it was proposed that this be retained in the new agreement.

Resolved (unanimously)

That Executive

1)    Support the preferred option to establish a new Section 75 agreement between North Yorkshire Council and NHS Humber and North Yorkshire Integrated Care Board for the joint planning and delivery of community?based emotional wellbeing support for children and young people.

2)    Approve progressing to a formal 60?day public consultation on the proposed new Section 75 agreement.

3)    Agree that, subject to the outcome of the consultation, Executive delegate final sign?off the new Section 75 agreement to the Executive Director of Children and Young People Services in consultation with Children and Young People Service Executive Members.

Reasons for recommendations

The recommendation to progress a new Section 75 agreement reflects the proven benefits of the existing partnership, which has strengthened joint commissioning arrangements, improved integration across the emotional wellbeing system and enabled more efficient use of collective resources. Continuing with a joint Section 75 approach offers commissioners access to levers and flexibilities that are not available through single?agency commissioning, including pooled or aligned budgets, shared outcomes frameworks, and the ability to design and influence pathways end?to?end.

These arrangements have been recognised as an area of good practice in local inspections, including the NY Local Area SEND Inspection, and provide a strong foundation for further enhancing service quality, early intervention, prevention and system?wide consistency. Seeking approval to consult on the new agreement ensures transparency, meets legal obligations and supports timely development of revised commissioning arrangements ahead of the expiry of current Section 75 partnership arrangements in March 2027.

Alternative options considered

An options appraisal has been completed by the Integrated Commissioning Group which explored and scored the available options for decommissioning the agreement, continuation of the partnership and or single agency contracting arrangements for planning and delivering Community based emotional wellbeing support for Children and Young People.

The preferred option identified was A Section 75 between the ICBs and NYC. HNY ICB would act as lead commissioner

It is agreed the use of a Section 75  ...  view the full minutes text for item 906