Resolved – That

(1)  (a)  the contract with NHS Wirral Community Health and Care Foundation Trust (WCHCFT) for the provision of social care services on substantially the same terms and conditions be extended for a period of 1 year as set out in para 2.1 of this report

(b)  the contract with NHS Cheshire and Wirral Partnership  Foundation Trust (CWP) for the delivery of All Age Disability and Mental Health Services on substantially the same terms and conditions be extended for a period of 1 year as set out in paragraph 2.1 of this report.

(2)  the Review of Social Care Delivery Arrangements be noted.

(3)  a further report be brought by the Director of Care and Health to this Committee setting out the considerations involved in moving towards returning the provision of these social care services and all age disability and mental health services to the Council’s direct delivery.