Consultation on the Draft Regulations relating to the Public Bodies (Joint Working) (Scotland) Act 2014 (Set 2 of 2)

ANNEX 5(A)

PRESCRIBED FORM AND CONTENT OF PERFORMANCE REPORTS RELATING TO THE PUBLIC BODIES (JOINT WORKING) (SCOTLAND) ACT 2014

CONSULTATION PAPER

The Public Bodies (Joint Working) (Scotland) Act 2014 gives Scottish Ministers the powers to set out the form and content of the annual performance report that all Integration Authorities are required to produce. These draft Regulations set out what Scottish Ministers intend to require that Integration Authorities include within the report.

The aim of these draft Regulations is to require that the key elements of the planning and delivery of integrated health and social care services are reported on, and also that there is a measure of national comparability between the reports, while retaining flexibility for each Integration Authority to reflect their local circumstances. In particular; these draft Regulations require that Integration Authorities report on:

• Progress to deliver the national health and wellbeing outcomes;
• Information on performance against key indicators or measures;
• How the strategic planning and locality arrangements have contributed to delivering services that reflect the integration principles;
• The details of any review of the strategic plan within the reporting year;
• Any major decisions taken out with the normal strategic planning mechanisms;
• An overview of the financial performance of the Integration Authority;
• The extent to which Integration Authorities have moved resources from institutional to community based care and support, by reference to changes in the proportion of the budget spent on each type of care and support.

And within a lead agency arrangement only:

• Any recommendations, and the response to those recommendations, made by the integration joint monitoring committee.

These elements will need to be reported on each year and, where applicable, there will also be a requirement for each annual report to include a comparison with at least the five preceding years.