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| Health Act 1999 Partnership
Arrangements |
New powers to enable health and local authority partners to
work together more effectively came into force on 1st April 2000. These
were outlined in Section 31 of the 1999 Health Act.
What's in this section?
- up-to-date information about the Partnership Arrangements
- detailed advice on implementation
- list of all notified projects (including contacts)
- information exchange to facilitate the sharing of ideas and
queries
THE NEW POWERS
- Pooled funds - the ability for partners each to contribute
agreed funds to a single pot, to be spent on agreed projects for
designated services
- Lead commissioning - the partners can agree to delegate
commissioning of a service to one lead organisation
- Integrated provision - the partners can join together their
staff, resources, and management structures to integrate the provision
of a service from managerial level to the front line
Who can be involved?
Health bodies, such as
Strategic Health Authorities, Primary Care Trusts, together with any
health-related local authority service such as social services, housing,
transport, leisure and library services, community and many acute
services.
How will this help improve services?
The aim is to enable
partners to join together to design and deliver services around the needs
of users rather than worrying about the boundaries of their organisations.
These arrangements should help eliminate unnecessary gaps and duplications
between services.
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If you are currently operating a Health Act Partnership
Agreement in your area, please ensure you have notified the
Department of Health. When you notify us of your scheme we will add
details to the website to enable interested parties to learn about
your work. Please include contact details if possible.
You can download the notification form from here in Word or
Rich Text
Format. Please return completed forms to: mailto:paul.brittain@doh.gsi.gov.uk
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