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7 - 2022-23 Budget Monitoring Report Mth4 V2

North Ayrshire Council · 22 September 2022
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Integration Joint Board
22nd September 2022
Subject:  2022-23 – Month 4 Financial Performance
Purpose:  To provide an overview of the IJB’s financial performance as at
Month 4 (July) including an update on the estimated financial
impact of the Covid-19 response.  
Recommendation:  It is recommended that the IJB: 
(a) notes the overall integrated financial performance report for the
financial year 2022-23 and the current overall projected year-end
underspend of £0.389m;
(b) notes the progress with delivery of agreed savings;
(c) notes the remaining financial risks for 2022-23, including the
impact of remaining Covid-19 estimates and costs; and
(d) approves the budget reductions which are detailed at paragraph
2.11. 
Glossary of Terms 
NHS AA NHS Ayrshire and Arran
HSCP Health and Social Care Partnership
MH Mental Health
CAMHS Child & Adolescent Mental Health Services
BRAG Blue, Red, Amber, Green
UNPACS UNPACS, (UNPlanned Activities) – Extra Contractual Referrals
NRAC NHS Resource Allocation Committee
GAE Grant Aided Expenditure
PAC Performance and Audit Committee 
1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 
1.1 The report provides an overview of the financial position for the Partnership and
outlines the projected year-end outturn position informed by the projected expenditure
and income commitments; these have been prepared in conjunction with relevant
budget holders and services.   It should be noted that, although this report refers to
the position at the end of July, further work is undertaken following the month end to
finalise projections, therefore the projected outturn position is as current and up to
date as can practicably be reported. 
1.2 The projected outturn is a year-end underspend of £0.389m (0.1%) for 2022-23.

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1.3 From the core projections, overall, the main areas of pressure are learning disability
care packages, residential placements for children, supplementary staff in wards and
Unplanned Activities (UnPACs) within the lead partnership for mental health. 
2. CURRENT POSITION 
2.1 The report includes an overview of the financial position including commitments
against the available resource, explanations for the main budget variances and an
update on progress in terms of savings delivery.   
The report also includes detail of the estimated costs and potential financial impact of
the Covid-19 response. 
FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE – AT MONTH 4 
2.2 At Month 4 against the full-year budget of £280.909m there is a projected year-end
underspend of £0.389m (0%).  The Integration Scheme outlines that there is an
expectation that the IJB takes account of the totality of resources available to balance
the budget in year.   Following this approach, an integrated view of the financial
position should be taken, however it is useful to note that this overall position consists
of a projected underspend of £0.661m in social care services and a projected
overspend of £0.272m in health services.     
Appendix A provides the financial overview of the Partnership position. The sections
that follow outline the significant variances in service expenditure compared to the
approved budgets. 
The projections for some areas will be subject to fluctuations as they depend on
recruitment plans for new funding and also the capacity of providers to take on work. 
2.3 Health and Community Care Services 
Against the full-year budget of £81.169m there is a projected underspend of £0.757m
(0.9%) and the main variances are: 
a) Care home placements including respite placements (net position after service
user contributions and charging order income) are projected to underspend by
£1.070m. 
The budgeted number of permanent placements is 778 and at month 4 there are
755 placements.  The projection assumes that there will be a gradual increase in
placements to reach the budgeted figure by the end of the financial year. Within
the projection there is an assumption that recent placements which do not have a
completed financial assessment (often due to the pressure to discharge from
hospital) are costed with 50% of the cases at the current average cost of a
placement and 50% at the gross or interim funded rate.  It is likely that there will
still be some cases being gross or interim funded at the year end. Their actual
cost will not be known until the FA1 financial assessment is completed. 
The level of income recovered from charging orders was under recovered in
2021-22 but an online position is assumed at month 4.

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b) Care at home (in house) is projected to be £0.637m underspent. As there are
vacant posts some of the current capacity is being met by existing staff working
additional hours and casual staff.  Bank staff are being offered contracts and
additional staff are being recruited which will replace the need for existing staff to
work additional hours.  The majority of the underspend is in purchased care at
home as providers are not always able to accept referrals due to staffing /
recruitment issues. 
c) Community alarms are projected to be £0.205m underspent due to vacancies
which are being actively recruited to. 
d) Reablement services are projected to be £0.153m underspent due to vacancies
which are being actively recruited to. 
e) Care at Home Charging Income is projected to under recover by £0.087m due to
an ongoing shift towards personal care which is non chargeable. This is after
applying £0.076m of covid funding. 
f) Physical Disability Care Packages (including residential and direct payments) -
projected overspend of £0.144m in community care packages, £0.099m in direct
payments and £0.313m for residential placements. 
g) Adaptations are projected to be online based on spend to date. 
h) Anam Cara is projected to overspend by £0.127m due to an overspend on
employee costs relating to covering vacancies and sickness.   
i) Integrated Island Services is projected to be £0.164m overspent mainly due to
additional accommodation costs for mainland staff working at Montrose House
following the recent increase in the number of residents. 
j) District Nursing is projected to overspend by £0.029m due to an overspend on
supplies. 
k) Rehab wards are projected to overspend by £0.188m (Redburn ward £0.286m
overspent and Douglas Grant £0.098m underspent).  The overspend at Redburn
is due to cover costs for vacancies as well as supplementary staffing for patients
who require one to one support. 
2.4 Mental Health Services     
Against the full-year budget of £87.744m there is a projected overspend of £0.726m
(0.8%). This excludes any potential variance on the Mental Health Recovery and
Renewal Funding where any underspend will be earmarked at the year-end for use in
2023-24. The main variances are: 
a) Learning Disabilities are projected to overspend by £1.117m and the main
variances are: 
• Care Packages (including residential and direct payments) - projected
overspend of £0.494m in community care packages, £0.200m in direct
payments and £0.468m for residential placements.

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Community Learning Disability Care packages are proving to be one of the
most challenging areas to address overspends.  The data from CM2000 will
be reported back to the service to allow them to see where care has
deviated from the planned level and focus reviews to those areas.   
• In house day care is projected to underspend by £0.144m as a result of
reduced service provision due to Covid restrictions and vacancies following
the service redesign and staffing model changes. 
• Residential Respite is projected to overspend by £0.091m which reflects
funding the new facility (Roslyn House) to full capacity.   
b) Community Mental Health services are projected to underspend by £0.451m and
included within this are underspends of £0.650m in community packages (including
direct payments) and an overspend of £0.188m for residential placements.   
c) The Lead Partnership for Mental Health is projecting to be £0.090m overspent and
the main variances are as follows: 
• A projected underspent in Adult Inpatients of £0.226m.  This is mainly due to
overspends in the of supplementary staff, staff in redeployment and reduced
bed sale income which are offset by £0.306m of income in relation to the
firestop works. 
• The UNPACS (Unplanned Activities) budget is projected to overspend by
£1.200m based on current number of placements remaining until the year end.
These placements are for individuals with very specific needs that require a
higher level of security and/or care from a staff group with a particular skill
set/competence.  There are no local NHS secure facilities for women, people
with a learning disability or people with neurodevelopmental disorder. This can
necessitate an UNPACs placement with a specialist provider which can be out-
of-area.  The nature of mental health UNPACS spend is that it is almost
exclusively on medium or long term complex secure residential placements
which are very expensive so a small increase in placements can have a high
budgetary impact. Due to the complexity and risk involved, transitions between
units or levels of security can take many months. Applications to approve a
placement are made to the Associate Medical Director for Mental Health who
needs to be satisfied that the placement is appropriate and unavoidable prior
to this being agreed. 
• A projected overspend in MH Pharmacy of £0.100m due to an increase in
substitute prescribing costs. 
• Learning Disability Services are projected to overspend by £0.206m. This is
mainly due to high usage of supplementary staffing, cross-charging for a LD
patient whose discharge has been delayed and redeployment staffing costs.
Supplementary staffing costs relate to backfill for sickness, increase and
sustained enhanced observations and vacancies.  The enhanced observations
are reviewed on a daily basis however, due to the individuals being acutely
unwell at present, this level of enhanced observations has been maintained for
a lengthy period of time.   The projection assumes that we begin cross charging
another HSCP for the ongoing costs of the person detailed above where,
despite having extensive time to identify an alternative placement there has, as
yet been no solution identified.

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• Elderly Inpatients are projected to overspend by £0.144m mainly due to the use
of supplementary staffing.  
• The turnover target for vacancy savings for the Lead Partnership is held within
the Lead Partnership as this is a Pan-Ayrshire target.  There is a projected
over-recovery of the vacancy savings target of £1.120m in 2022-23, further
information is included in the table below: 
The current projection to the year-end is informed by the recruitment plans and the
confidence in recruitment success and realistic timescales for filling individual
vacancies.   
The areas contributing to this vacancy savings position are noted below:
• Adult Community Health services £0.192m
• CAMHS £0.546m
• Mental Health Admin £0.240m
• Psychiatry £0.100m
• Psychology £0.503m
• Associate Nurse Director £0.020m 
Vacancy Savings Target (£0.481m)
Projected to March 2023 £1.601m
Over/(Under) Achievement £1.120m
2.5 Children and Justice Services 
Children’s Services
Against the full-year budget of £36.491m there is a projected overspend of £1.903m
(5.2%). The main variances are: 
a) Care Experienced Children and Young People is projected to overspend by
£1.914m. The main areas within this are noted below: 
• Children’s residential placements are projected to overspend by £2.450m prior
to Covid funding and projected to overspend by £1.704m after £0.746m of
Covid funding.  We started 22/23 with 23 placements and of these placements
one is assumed to be discharged in August, one in September, one in October 
and two in December taking the placement numbers to 18 by the end of the
year. 
• Fostering placements are projected to underspend by £0.153m based on the
budget for 115 places and 115 actual placements (of which 6 are Covid related
and are funded through the Covid-19 funding) since the start of the year.
Recruitment of foster carers is an active priority for the team, both to limit the
requirement for external foster placements and reduce pressures elsewhere
on the service. This is promoted through regular targeted recruitment
campaigns, community awareness raising and daily presence on various social
media platforms. Our active recruitment strategy is gaining some interest and
we are actively pursuing a number of enquiries as a result.
• Fostering Xtra placements are projected to be on-line after applying £0.086m
of covid funding. The projection is based on the budget for 30 placements and
29 actual placements since the start of the year.

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• Private Fostering placements are projected to be £0.056m underspent based
on the budget for 17 placements and 14 actual placements since the start of
the year.
• Kinship placements are projected to underspend by £0.162m based on the
budget for 376 places and 360 actual placements since the start of the year.  
• Adoption placements are projected to overspend by £0.098m based on the
budget for 53 places and 67 actual placements since the start of the year. 
b) Children with disabilities – residential placements are projected to underspend
by £0.094m based on 8 placements which are expected to continue until the
end of the year. 
c) Residential respite – placements are projected to overspend by £0.394m. 
These short-term placements are used to prevent an admission to full
residential care.  There are currently 4 placements which three expected to be
discharged in August and two in September. 
2.6 ALLIED HEALTH PROFESSIONALS (AHP) 
AHP services are projected to underspend by £0.124m due to underspends in non-
employee costs. 
2.7 CHIEF SOCIAL WORK OFFICER 
There is a projected underspend of £0.700m due to a projected underspend in the
Carers Strategy funding. 
2.8 MANAGEMENT AND SUPPORT 
Management and Support Services are projected to underspend by £1.219m. The
main areas of underspend are:
• An over-recovery of payroll turnover of £0.972m for social care services as
outlined in para 2.9 below.
• An over-recovery of payroll turnover of £0.262m for health services as outlined
in para 2.9 below.
• The 2022-23 budget included a budgeted surplus on the social care side offset
by a budgeted deficit on the health side of the budget.   The net impact is neutral
but Appendix A will show this position for each element. 
2.9  Turnover/Vacancy Savings 
The turnover targets and projected achievement for the financial year for Health and
Social Care services out with the Lead Partnership is noted below: 
Social Care Health
Services
Vacancy Savings Target (2.014m) (1.183m)
Projected to March 2023 2.986m 1.445m
Over/(Under) Achievement 0.972m 0.262m

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The position in the table above reflects the assumption in the current financial
projections.  For social care, a total of £1.493m (74% of annual target) has been
achieved to date.  The turnover achieved to date is higher than usual as the 22/23
budget included investment in various areas of staffing and these posts are not fully
recruited to yet.  The underspend in day care for older people has also been included
as payroll turnover in 2022/23 which is a change from 2021/22 when the underspend
was held to offset additional care at home costs.   
The health vacancy projection to the year-end is based on the month 4 position and
is informed by the recruitment plans and confidence in recruitment to posts for the
remainder of the year. 
The areas contributing to the health and social care vacancy savings are spread
across a wide range of services with vacancy savings being achieved in most areas. 
The main areas are month 4 are: 
• Management and Support   £0.241m
• Community Care Service Delivery  £0.215m
• Locality Services £0.160m
• Rehab and Reablement  £0.160m
• Community Mental Health £0.140m
• Learning Disability Services £0.140m
• Integrated Island Services £0.136m 
There have been no intentional plans to pause or delay recruitment and services have
actively continued to recruit; in some service areas it has proven difficult to fill posts. 
The turnover target for the North Lead Partnership for Mental Health services is
detailed within the Lead Partnership information at section 2.4. 
2.10 Savings Progress 
a) The approved 2022-23 budget included £0.683m of savings. 
BRAG Status Position at
Budget Approval
£m
Position at
Month 4
£m
Red - -
Amber 0.060 0.060
Green 0.623 -
Blue - 0.623
TOTAL 0.683 0.683 
b) The main area to note is that amber savings of £0.060m relating to adoption
allowances are assumed to be achieved in the projected outturn but final plans
to deliver this have still to be agreed.   
Appendix B shows the full Transformation Plan for 2022/23 which has been agreed
by the Transformation Board; the Board is in place to provide oversight and
governance to the programme of service change.   A focus of the Board is to ensure

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plans are in place to deliver savings and service change, with a solution focussed
approach to bringing programmes back on track. 
Not all the service changes on the Transformation Plan have savings attached to them
but there is an expectation that they will lead to service improvements. The Plan is
critical to the ongoing sustainability and safety of service delivery and to supporting
the delivery of financial balance in future. 
Appendix C provides an overview of those service changes which do have financial
savings attached to them and the current BRAG status around the deliverability of
each saving.   
2.11 Budget Changes 
The Integration Scheme states that “either party may increase it’s in year payment to
the Integration Joint Board.  Neither party may reduce the payment in-year to the
Integration Joint Board nor Services managed on a Lead Partnership basis…. without
the express consent of the Integration Joint Board.” 
Appendix D highlights the movement in the overall budget position for the Partnership
following the initial approved budget. 
Reductions Requiring Approval:
1) Software license transfer to IT  £0.003m
2) Prescribing £0.071m
3) Admin Post to Medical Records £0.034m 
2.12 NHS – Further Developments/Pan Ayrshire Services 
Lead Partnerships: 
The IJB outturn position is adjusted to reflect the impact of Lead Partnership services.
The outturn for all Lead Partnership services is shared across the 3 Partnerships on
an NRAC basis; this position is currently the default pending further work to develop
a framework to report the financial position and risk sharing across the 3 Partnerships
in relation to hosted or lead service arrangements, which has been delayed by the
requirement to focus efforts on the Covid response. 
The final outturn in relation to North Lead Partnership services would not be fully
attributed to the North IJB as a share would be allocated to East and South
Partnerships; similarly, the impact of the outturn on East and South led services will
require to be shared with North. At Month 4 the MH lead partnership is projected to
overspend by £0.090m (£0.029m NRAC share for East and £0.028m for South). 
East HSCP – are projecting a £0.604m underspend of which £0.223m (37%) is
attributable to North.  The main variances are: 
Primary Care - there are reduced costs within Dental Services, where there
is a projected underspend of £0.277m. This is largely due to Childsmile and
the Dental Management Team both running with a number of vacancies. In
addition, there are reduced costs within Primary Care Contracting and
Support £0.297m, largely due to vacant posts, as well as projected savings in

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Diabetic Retinopathy and within East Ayrshire Community Hospital Medical
and General Pharmaceutical. These reduced costs are partially offset by
additional salary costs of the of the GP element of Out of Hours Services, as
well as additional costs of the overnight nursing service. Projected overspend
of £0.374m, with work ongoing to address and bring into line as far as
possible over the course of 2022/23. 
Prison and Police Healthcare - there is a projected underspend of £0.303m
due to reduced new contracts. however there is a review of the prison service
currently being undertaken/ It is expected that these funds will go towards
improving the staff levels within the prison however an underspend of
£0.303m is projected at this early stage of the financial year. 
South HSCP – projected overspend of £0.171m (£0.063m NRAC share for NAHSCP). 
The overspend is mainly due to an overspend in the community store and continence
service offset by vacancies in the Family Nurse Partnership. 
Set Aside: - an approach has yet to be decided on for 22/23, which may be used as
a “shadow year” for using current year activity. This will depend on how representative
the activity is felt to be. By default inflation will be applied to the 2021/22 budget.  
The annual budget for Acute Services is £373.3m.  The directorate is overspent by
£3.1m, caused by increasing overspends on agency medical and nursing staff,
together with increasing drug expenditure. These have been required due to the level
of operational pressure being experienced, in common with many other areas in
Scotland at present.  
There is a material underlying deficit caused by: 
• Unachieved efficiency savings 
• High expenditure on medical and nursing agency staff, high rates of absence
and vacancy causing service pressure
• High numbers of delayed discharges 
The IJBs and the Health Board work closely in partnership to maintain service and
improve performance. 
2.13 FINANCIAL RISKS 
There are a number of ongoing financial risk areas that may impact on the 2022-23
budget during the year, these include: 
• High risk areas of low volume / high-cost services areas e.g. Learning Disability
care packages, children’s residential placements and complex care packages.
• Progress with the work to develop set aside arrangements and the risk sharing
arrangements agreed as part of this
• Ongoing implementation costs of the Scottish Government policy directives
• Lead / hosted service arrangements, including managing pressures and
reporting this across the 3 IJBs
• The impact on Lead Partnership and acute services from decisions taken by
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• The Covid recovery process and re-mobilisation of services, including the
ability to change and improve services following learning from the Covid
response
• The impact and implementation of the National Care Service.
• The Local Government and NHS pay awards are not settled for 2022-23 and
negotiations are ongoing; as outlined in the report the risk is mitigated for the
social care workforce by providing for a 3% increase and for NHS it is
anticipated that additional funding would be allocated if the pay award
settlement is higher than the current assumption
• The current very high levels of inflation
• The review of the Care at Home service which commenced in Spring 2022
• Supported Accommodation - funding has been included in the budget for the
new developments but the adequacy of the funding will only be known when
the final occupants are agreed. 
These risks will be monitored during 2022-23 and the financial impact reported
through the budget monitoring report. 
2.14 COVID-19 – FINANCE MOBILISATION PLAN IMPACT 
Summary of position 
From the outset of the pandemic the HSCP acted very swiftly to respond and
developed a mobilisation plan detailing the additional activities to support our
response, alongside the estimated financial impact.  Financial returns were submitted
to the Scottish Government on a regular basis during 2020-21 and 2021-22, on the
premise that any additional costs aligned to mobilisation plans would be fully funded. 
This process will continue during 2022-23 with returns moving from quarterly to
monthly.  Covid funding of £13.321m was carried forward from 2021-22 for use in
services delegated to the Partnership during 2022-23 and the costs outlined below will
be met from this funding. 
2.15 Mobilisation Plan and Funding Position 
The quarter 1 mobilisation plan cost submission was submitted in July and estimated
the costs to be £4.067m to March 2023.   There was no change to these estimates in
month 4 but the amount for payments to providers will need to increase in month 5. 
The costs remain estimates as the situation continually evolves and there will be a
further update submitted after month 5.   
The local finance mobilisation plan submission is included as Appendix E.  The main
areas of cost are summarised below: 
Service Area Initial Quarter 1 
2022-23  
Return  
£m
Month 4 
2022-23 
Return 
£m
Payments to Providers  1.100  1.100
PPE 0.418 0.418
Additional Staff  1.317  1.317
Loss of Income  0.246  0.246

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Children & Families 0.957  0.957 
Other Areas 0.029 0.029
TOTAL  4.067   4.067 
2.16 Provider Sustainability Payments and Care Home Occupancy Payments 
COSLA Leaders and Scottish Government have agreed an approach to supporting
the social care sector to ensure that reasonable additional costs will be met.   We have
been making payments to commissioned social care providers in line with the agreed
national principles for sustainability and remobilisation payments to social care
providers during COVID 19.  
Care Home Occupancy Payments - The Scottish Government ceased these
payments at the end of October 2021 but exceptions were made following the Omicron
outbreak and limited payments were made to eligible care homes.  Meetings are being
held with each care home to discuss ongoing sustainability and to provide support.   
Sustainability payments – the most recent guidance issued on 22nd June reduces
the scope of what providers can claim for.  The main costs that can be claimed relate
to testing and vaccination and this is extended to 31st March 2023.  The Social Care
Staff Support Fund was also extended to 30th September 2022. 
The sustainability payments are estimated to be a significant cost in our mobilisation
plan and the timely submission and assessment of claims is key to ensuring we can
accurately estimate the financial cost and ensure the costs are reclaimed from the
Scottish Government. 
The breakdown of payments made in 2022-23 up to 31st July 2022 are shown in the
tables below: 
PROVIDER SUMMARY
NCHC
Care
Homes Other Total
Total Number of Providers 17 49 66
Number contacting NAC 16 11 27
Providers Supported to date 16 11 27    
OUTSTANDING CLAIMS
NCHC
Care
Homes Other Total
Total Number of Claims 9 11 20
Value of Claims              303,243  238,382  541,625 
SUPPORT PROVIDED
NCHC
Care
Homes
Other
Services TOTAL   
£ £ £
Occupancy Payments up to 31st
July 2022
81,650 - 81,650

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Staffing 469,081 105,349 574,429
PPE, Infection Control 152,810 41,674 194,483
Other 65,323 4,167 69,489
TOTAL 768,863 151,189 920,052 
2.17 RESERVES 
The IJB reserves position is summarised in the table below with full detail given in
Appendix F. 
The ‘free’ general fund balance of £7.248m is held as a contingency balance, this
equates to around 2.5% of the IJB budget for 2021-22 which is above the lower target
level of 2% and does demonstrate significant progress towards establishing a
contingency reserve of between 2% and 4%. 
£1.486m is held by the Council to support a further repayment of debt at the end of
2022-23 and this is not reflected in the financial projection. This position will continue
into 2023-24 when it is anticipated that the debt will be cleared. 
General Fund
Reserves 
Earmarked Reserves
Total  Debt to
NAC
Free
GF
SG
Funding
Non-SG
Funding                     
£m
HSCP 
£m £m £m £m £m £m
Opening Balance
- 1 April 2022 (2.321) 7.248 23.106 0.699 0.500 29.232 
3. PROPOSALS 
3.1 Anticipated Outcomes 
Continuing to closely monitor the financial position will allow the IJB to take corrective
action where required to ensure the Partnership can deliver services in 2022-23 from
within the available resource, thereby limiting the financial risk to the funding partners. 
The estimated costs and funding in relation to the Covid-19 response also require to
be closely monitored to ensure that the IJB can plan for the impact of this and to
ensure that the IJB is in the position to re-claim funding to compensate for the
additional costs. 
3.2 Measuring Impact 
Ongoing updates to the financial position will be reported to the IJB throughout 2022-
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4. IMPLICATIONS 
Financial:  The financial implications are as outlined in the report.  
Against the full-year budget of £280.909m there is a
projected underspend of £0.389m. The report outlines the
main variances for individual services.      
Human Resources: The report highlights vacancy or turnover savings achieved
to date. Services will review any staffing establishment plans
and recruitment in line with normal practice when
implementing service change and reviews as per agreement
with the IJB, there is no intention to sustain this level of
staffing capacity reduction on a recurring or planned basis. 
Legal: None
Equality: None
Children and Young People None
Environmental &
Sustainability:
None 
Key Priorities: None
Risk Implications: Para 2.13 highlights the financial risks. 
The report falls in line with the agreed risk appetite
statement which is a low-risk appetite in respect to
adherence to standing financial instructions, financial
controls and financial statutory duties and a high-risk
appetite in relation to finance and value for money.
Community Benefits: None 
Direction Required to
Council, Health Board or
Both 
Direction to: - 
1. No Direction Required 
2. North Ayrshire Council 
3. NHS Ayrshire & Arran 
4. North Ayrshire Council and NHS Ayrshire & Arran √ 
5. CONSULTATION
5.1 This report has been produced in consultation with relevant budget holders and the
Partnership Senior Management Team. 
The IJB financial monitoring report is shared with the NHS Ayrshire and Arran Director
of Finance and North Ayrshire Council’s Head of Finance after the report has been
finalised for the IJB. 
6. CONCLUSION 
6.1 It is recommended that the IJB: 
(a)  notes the overall integrated financial performance report for the financial year
2022-23, the overall projected year-end underspend of £0.389m;
(b) notes the progress with delivery of agreed savings;
(c) notes the remaining financial risks for 2022-23;

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(d) approves the budget reductions which are detailed at para 2.11. 
For more information please contact: 
Paul Doak, Head of Finance and Transformation at pdoak@north-ayrshire.gov.uk or
Eleanor Currie, Principal Manager – Finance at eleanorcurrie@north-ayrshire.gov.uk

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2022-23 Budget Monitoring Report–Objective Summary as at 31st July 2022       Appendix A 
Budget Outturn 
Over/
(Under)
Spend
Variance
Budget Outturn 
Over/
(Under)
Spend
Variance
Budget Outturn 
Over/
(Under)
Spend
Variance
£'000 £'000 £'000 £'000 £'000 £'000 £'000 £'000 £'000 £'000 £'000
COMMUNITY CARE AND HEALTH 64,698 63,560 (1,138) 16,471 16,852 381 81,169 80,412 (757) (121) (636)
: Locality Services 28,204 27,772 (432) 5,250 5,330 80 33,454 33,102 (352) (342) (10)
: Community Care Service Delivery 31,239 30,210 (1,029) 0 0 0 31,239 30,210 (1,029) (207) (822)
: Rehabilitation and Reablement 1,987 1,982 (5) 0 0 0 1,987 1,982 (5) 1 (6)
: Long Term Conditions 939 1,102 163 9,110 9,411 301 10,049 10,513 464 472 (8)
: Community Link Workers 182 183 1 0 0 0 182 183 1 0 1
: Integrated Island Services 2,147 2,311 164 2,111 2,111 0 4,258 4,422 164 (45) 209
MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES 31,295 32,021 726 56,449 56,449 0 87,744 88,470 726 1,850 (1,124)
: Learning Disabilities 21,759 22,876 1,117 482 482 0 22,241 23,358 1,117 1,116 1
: Community Mental Health 5,822 5,431 (391) 1,676 1,616 (60) 7,498 7,047 (451) (372) (79)
: Addictions 3,714 3,714 0 1,542 1,512 (30) 5,256 5,226 (30) (30) 0
: Lead Partnership Mental Health NHS Area Wide 0 0 0 52,749 52,839 90 52,749 52,839 90 1,136 (1,046)
CHILDREN & JUSTICE SERVICES 32,467 34,370 1,903 4,024 4,024 0 36,491 38,394 1,903 1,448 455
: Irvine, Kilwinning and Three Towns 3,083 3,082 (1) 0 0 0 3,083 3,082 (1) 4 (5)
: Garnock Valley, North Coast and Arran 2,117 2,117 0 0 0 0 2,117 2,117 0 1 (1)
:Intervention Services 1,773 1,763 (10) 340 340 0 2,113 2,103 (10) (6) (4)
: Care Experienced Children & Young people 21,771 23,685 1,914 0 0 0 21,771 23,685 1,914 1,449 465
: Head of Service - Children & Families 1,195 1,195 0 0 0 0 1,195 1,195 0 0 0
: Justice Services 2,378 2,378 0 0 0 0 2,378 2,378 0 0 0
: Universal Early Years 150 150 0 3,249 3,249 0 3,399 3,399 0 0 0
: Lead Partnership NHS Children's Services 0 0 0 435 435 0 435 435 0 0 0
CHIEF SOCIAL WORK OFFICER 2,584 1,884 (700) 0 0 0 2,584 1,884 (700) (735) 35
PRIMARY CARE 0 0 0 49,530 49,530 0 49,530 49,530 0 0 0
ALLIED HEALTH PROFESSIONALS 0 8,900 8,776 (124) 8,900 8,776 (124) (73) (51)
COVID NHS 0 0 0 528 528 0 528 528 0 0 0
MANAGEMENT AND SUPPORT COSTS 11,134 9,682 (1,452) 2,829 3,061 232 13,963 12,743 (1,220) (1,664) 444
OUTTURN ON A MANAGED BASIS 142,178 141,517 (661) 138,731 139,220 489 280,909 280,737 (172) 705 (877)
Return Hosted Over/Underspends East 0 0 0 0 (29) (29) 0 (29) (29) (368) 339
Return Hosted Over/Underspends South 0 0 0 0 (28) (28) 0 (28) (28) (350) 322
Receive Hosted Over/Underspends South 0 0 0 0 63 63 0 63 63 63 0
Receive Hosted Over/Underspends East 0 0 0 0 (223) (223) 0 (223) (223) 0 (223)
OUTTURN ON AN IJB BASIS 142,178 141,517 (661) 138,731 139,003 272 280,909 280,520 (389) 50 (439)
Over/
(Under)
Spend
Variance at
Period 3
Movement in
projected 
variance
from Period
3
TOTAL
Partnership Budget - Objective Summary
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2022-23 Transformation Plan               Appendix B 
Savings
reference
number
Project Project Description Deliveribility
Status
Saving/
Investment
Approved
Saving              
2022/23
£
Investment Saving
Delivered at
Month 3
£
Projected 
Saving 
Projected
Shortfall
21/22
£
Children, Families and Justice
Services
SP/HSCP/20/1 Children and Young People - External
Residential Placements
Monitor and review all placements with a view to
reducing the overspend.
Red Saving -                    -              
SP/HSCP/20/4 Adoption Allowances Montior Adoption Allowances. With a view to reduce
the overspend
Red Saving 59,535         -                    59,535        
SP/HSCP/20/19 Fostering - reduce external
placements.
Monitor Fostering Placements with a view to reduce
the overspend
Red Saving -                    -              
Transport review Review of costs relating to taxi utilisation and
implemenation of new electronic form.  Aim to reduce
transport budget in council.  Links in with David
Hammonds Tranformation Project.
Red Saving
Grow internal fostering capacity Review capacity of existing foster carers with a view
of increasing existing capacity
Amber Cost neutral
NACSTA4030 Fostering Short Breaks Develop an inhouse short break service to replace
the commisioned service provided by Cornerstone.
Amber Saving -                    -               -              
Mental Health and LD
Transformation of CAMHS - CAMHS
Specification
CAMHS have reviewed and updated referral
guidance to align with the CAMHS National
Specification. Some risks identified in order to
facilitate the continued changes are accommodation,
and recruitment of clinical staff.
Amber Investment     1,091,463
Transformation of CAMHS - CAMHS
Age 25
CAMHS are developing specific pathways to provide
care and support up to the age of 25 where
appropriate e.g. Eating Disorders, Neuro, Personality
Disorders, Early Psychosis.
Amber Investment       623,402
Transformation of CAMHS - CAMHS
Waiting List
Two external providers have been procured to
support Neuro waiting for assessment (Purple House
Amber Investment       311,701

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reference
number
Project Project Description Deliveribility
Status
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Investment
Approved
Saving              
2022/23
£
Investment Saving
Delivered at
Month 4
£
Projected 
Saving 
Projected
Shortfall
21/22
£
Transformation of CAMHS - CAMHS
Psyc Waiting List
Clinical Director & Senior Manager agreed plan in
order to reduce access to Psychiatry.  In addition to
this, 3 non-medical prescribers have been trained
and are prescribing for ADHD clinics.
Amber Investment       366,707
Transformation of CAMHS - Out of
Hours Unscheduled Care
Recruitment and implementation of a new service to
provide support to children and young people on an
unscheduled basis.  CAMHS are being
commissioned by Paediatrics to deliver this service
via Scottish Government funds.
Amber Investment         86,294
Transformation of CAMHS - CAMHS
Intensive Home Treatment
Recruitment is ongoing.  Accommodation required to
house team together. Ongoing development of
policies and procedures for team in alignment with
partners agencies
Amber Investment         14,752
Transformation of CAMHS - CAMHS
Liaison
Amber Investment       129,073
Primary Care Mental Health investment Creation of a business case to deliver Mental Health
to Primary Care over the next 4 years.  Allocation of
funds will be incrementally incraesed over the
duration of the next four years.  North leading for
Ayrshire.
Green Investment       261,159
Continued review of models of care at
Woodland View
A particular focus on rehabilation models of care for
MH building on learning from Warrix Avenue. 
Development of a business case for ARBD is also
underway.  A test of change for ward 7B will be
reported through this workstream.
Amber
Implementation of MAT standards Programme of work to set up the systems required to
report on Medical Assisted Treatment standards for
Addictions.  The programme will be run on a  pan
ayrshire basis led by North.  The national direction
was for this to be led by Public Health but they have
not started any recruitment so North will take forward
in the meantime.
Green Investment
Complex Care Model - Independent
living change fund
Recruit the Intensive Support Team agreed through
this fund and monitor progress of assessments of
out of area placements.  A dynamic register should
be developed and maintained which will feed into
national data.
Amber Investment       513,000
ACORN business model Mental Health Rehabilitation service needing help to
transition to a social enterprise.  Now incoporated
within Caring for Ayrshire.
Red Saving -              -                    -                  -              
Implementation of Trakcare Patient
Management System in Community
Services
Implementation of new information recording system
for NHS to report on 18 weeks RTT.  This will include
development of new processes and transfer of data
from current system to the new one.  This will allow
for better recording of clinical activity and inform
future DCAQ work.  Adult community mental health
will go live first followed by other community teams
currently utilisating Access databases.  A Pan        
Green Cost neutral
Implementation of Unscheduled Care Part of the national redesign of urgent care work.
The aim of the mental health project is to deliver an
integrated system to support mental health and
wellbeing by utilising existing mental health services
and enhancing their pathways for unscheduled
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reference
number
Project Project Description Deliveribility
Status
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Investment
Approved
Saving              
2022/23
£
Investment Saving
Delivered at
Month 4
£
Projected 
Saving 
Projected
Shortfall
21/22
£
Health and Community Care
TEC Solutions To appoint a temporarory 'Project Manager' post,
who will oversee the procurement and installation of  
Green Investment         50,000 -               -              
Analogue to Digital Funding received for a Project Manager to manage
the process of moving all services users from
analogue to digital technology.
Amber Investment       996,000
SP/HSCP/20/17 Care at Home - Service Review This project will incorporate the review of the care at
home job role and any implications for service as a
Amber Investment -               -              
Hospital Team Model Green
Arran Integrated Services model Continue to work towards an Integrated Hub on
Arran building on the frailty work and developing a
single point of contact for all health and social care
services. It is anticipated there will be a substantial
amount of investment required and a business case
will be developed.
Green
Primary Care Investment Fund Remodel how we deliver primary care locally,
ensuring that multi-disciplinary teams are available in
each medical practice across North Ayrshire. This
will help ensure that when needed local people will
get the right care and support they need
Green Investment
HSCP MDT - Community Health &
Care
Implement HSCP MDTs across each of the localities
to support GP practices and HSCP service
coordinate care for those with the most complex
needs. This approach will replace Older People
Local Operational Teams.’
Develop Care at Home - Minimum data
set
Scope all current recording processes for data and
look to consolidate a dataset that can be used for all
reporting needs.
Cost neutral
AHP Whole System redesign exercise; to better understand the distribution and
contribution of AHPs in health and care in North Ayrshire,
to support future workforce planning that maximises this
contribution for the benefit of the people of North
Amber
Interim Beds To utilise a one-off lump sum, provided by the
Scottish Government, to provide interim beds, for a
maximum of 6 weeks, for clients who will have an
onward move to permanent care.
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reference
number
Project Project Description Deliveribility
Status
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Investment
Approved
Saving              
2022/23
£
Investment Saving
Delivered at
Month 4
£
Projected 
Saving 
Projected
Shortfall
21/22
£
Partnership Wide
Supported acc models - NAC housing/
Sleepover/ outreach model
Continue working with third sector providers to
implement supported accommodation models in the
Green Saving -                  -              
SDS Review Engage with all stakeholders to look at how we
encourage a more innovative and person centred
approach to SDS.  Implement an SDS Review
Learning Board to help progress Carers Review Develop a resource release model for allocation of
funds for carers as well as implement a short break
service.
Amber Saving -                    -                  -              
Adult Complex Care Model - Call
Monitoring
Review of call monitoring system for provision of
adult community supports.  This will include
evaluation of current provision and development of  a
specification for future tender as the current contract
is due to expire.
Implementation of Eclipse information
system
Implementation of new information recording system
for social care to replace Care First.  This will include
dedvelopment of new protocols and transfer of data
from current system to the new one.
Money matters and GP Practice
Welfare Rights service
Facilitate the introduction of a money advise service
available within GP practices.
Investment         78,000
Payroll Turnover Inflation Monitor  slippage through staff turnover with a  view
to meeting the savings target.
Saving 301,201       301,201            -                                     -
Business Support Review (linked to
Care at home review)
Scope and review the remit of the business support
unit and how it could be adapted to the benefit of all
HSCP teams.
North Elderly Mental Health inpatients
(lead partnership)
Agree the spend going forward for the recurring
savings achieved through bed retraction from Ailsa.
Saving 321,000       321,000            -                                     -
HSCP  Challenge Fund - invest to save Monitoring of all projects approved through the
Challenge Fund with a focus on invest to save ideas.
Transitions Improve transition pathways from Childrens to Adult
services as well as into older adults in order to
improve outcomes for service users.
Caring for Ayrshire The focus for Caring for Ayrshire is to bring a greater
proportion of health provision into local communities.
The Caring for Ayrshire work will ensure local GP
practices are fit for purpose and have the capacity to
host multi-disciplinary teams and meet local health
and care needs.
Investment
Advocacy Strategy Refresh of Advocacy strategy with a view to
incorporating both adult and childrens services.
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2022-23 Savings Tracker            Appendix C 
Savings ref
number Description
Deliverability
Status at
budget setting
Approved
Saving                  
2021/22 £m
Deliverability
Status              
Month 4
Saving
Delivered @
Month 4                   
£m
Projected to
Deliver during
Year                        
£m
Projected
Shortfall                
£m
Comment
1 Adoption Allowances Amber 0.060 Amber                    -                  0.060                     -   Currently projecting an overspend. 
TOTAL SOCIAL CARE SAVINGS 0.060 0.000 0.060 0.000
Savings ref
number Description
Deliverability
Status at
budget setting
Approved
Saving                  
2021/22 £m
Deliverability
Status              
Month 4
Saving
Delivered @
Month 4                   
£m
Projected to
Deliver during
Year                        
£m
Projected
Shortfall                
£m
Comment
2 Payroll Turnover Inflation Green 0.302 Blue 0.302                    -   Achieved
3 Elderly Mental Health inpatients (lead partnership) Green 0.321 Blue 0.321                    -                       -   Achieved
TOTAL HEALTH SAVINGS 0.623 0.623 0.000 0.000
TOTAL NORTH HSCP SAVINGS 0.683 0.623 0.060 0.000

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2022-23 Budget Reconciliation               Appendix D 
COUNCIL Period  Permanent or
Temporary £'m
Initial Approved Budget     116.017
Base budget adjustments 1   (0.046)
Uploaded Budget     115.971
Resource Transfer 1 P 26.228
Software Licences transfer to IT 3 P (0.002)
Montrose Cleaning Post to Facilities
Management 3 P (0.014)
Software Licences transfer to IT 4 P (0.003)
Roundings     (0.002)
Budget Reported at Month 4 142.178    
HEALTH Period  Permanent or
Temporary £'m
Initial Approved Budget     163.988
Resource Transfer     (26.228)
Month 10-12 Adjustments     22.401
Adjust for Non-recurring funding     (22.408)
Full Year effect of Part Year Reductions     0.128
REVISED 22-23 BUDGET     137.881
Training Grade Adj - April 1 P (0.064)
Vire No 2 - East to North CAMHS Admin 1 P 0.099
Band 2-4 SG Funding reduction 1 P (0.007)
AHP Clinical Admin Budget Transfer 2 P 0.048
Dean Funding to Partnerships 2 P 0.085
Prescribing Uplift 2 P 1.631
Prescribing Cres 2 P (0.715)
Prescribing out non schedule 5 2 P (0.429)
Scottish Huntingtons Post 3 P 0.014
Daldorch Income Shortfall 3 P 0.045
Community Store Contributions 3 P (0.006)
Iona/Lewis Patient to South 3 T (0.046)
Marie Curie contract uplift 3 P (0.004)
Trakcare/Huntingtons/ Daldorch 3 P 0.086
Staff Wellbeing Posts from OH&RD 4 P 0.193
Top Slicing Posts- Prescribing 4 P (0.071)
Admin Post transferred to Medical Records 4 T (0.034)
Naloxone for Police Scotland 4 T 0.026
Roundings 4   (0.001)
Budget Reported at Month 4 138.731    
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Appendix E
Mobilisation Submission – Month 4 
Covid-19 Costs - HSCP - All
Workstream Mapping £000s April May June July August September October November December January February March 2022-23 Revenue
Total
1. Public Health Scale up of Public Health Measures 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2. Vaccinations Flu Vaccination & Covid-19 Vaccination (FVCV) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3. Workforce and Capacity Additional Community Hospital Bed Capacity 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3. Workforce and Capacity Additional Staff Costs (Contracted staff) 36 50 65 179 105 105 105 105 105 105 105 31 1,096
3. Workforce and Capacity Additional Staff Costs (Non-contracted staff) 51 49 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 147
4. PPE, Equipment and IPC Additional Equipment and Maintenance 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4. PPE, Equipment and IPC Additional Infection Prevention and Control Costs 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4. PPE, Equipment and IPC Additional PPE 27 27 27 38 38 38 38 38 37 37 37 37 418
4. PPE, Equipment and IPC PPE Hub Running Costs 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5. Social Care and Community Capacity Additional Capacity in Community 9 9 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 28
5. Social Care and Community Capacity Additional Care Home Placements 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5. Social Care and Community Capacity Adult Social Care 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5. Social Care and Community Capacity Children and Family Services 79 79 79 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 957
5. Social Care and Community Capacity Homelessness and Criminal Justice Services 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5. Social Care and Community Capacity Reducing Delayed Discharge 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5. Social Care and Community Capacity Covid-19 Financial Support for Adult Social Care Providers 178 178 178 188 188 189 0 0 0 0 0 0 1,100
5. Social Care and Community Capacity Social Care Support Fund Claims 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5. Social Care and Community Capacity Chief Social Work Officer 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6. Primary Care Additional FHS Contractor Costs 13 13 13 12 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 75
6. Primary Care Primary Care 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7. Miscellaneous Digital & IT costs 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7. Miscellaneous Loss of Income 41 41 41 41 41 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 246
7. Miscellaneous Other (0) 0 (0) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7. Miscellaneous Payments to Third Parties 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7. Miscellaneous Staff Wellbeing 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7. Miscellaneous Patient Transport 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
434 447 460 538 464 465 223 223 222 222 222 148 4,067Total Covid Costs - HSCP - All

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Appendix F 
Reserves Position in Detail 
Earmarked Funds  
: Alcohol & Drug Partnership 890
: Mental Health Action 15 511
: Primary Care Improvement Fund 1,856
: 21-22 Budget Gap 0
: Challenge Fund 500
: Community Living Change Fund 513
: Covid19 Funding 13,321
: Neighbourhood Networks 145
: Mental Health Officer Development Grant 41
: NAC Recovery and Renewal – Mental Health
Element
71
: Joint Equipment 5
: Nethermains Adaptations 40
: Supported Accommodation 50
: Care at Home Capacity 1,192
: Interim Care 1,046
: Trauma Training 50
: Trauma Trainer 48
: Family Wellbeing Fund 106
: Perinatal MH Nurse 65
: Unaccompanied Asylum-Seeking Children 11
: Multi-Disciplinary Teams 644
: Health Care Support Workers 144
: MH Recovery and Renewal  2,057
: Medical photography 4
: Data Sims 28
: School Nursing  56
: Buvidal 109
: AHP Winter Funding 51
: Perinatal and Infant Mental Health 86
: Cossette Funding 18
: Replacement Mattress Programme 78
: Expansion of Primary Care Estates 55
: GP Premises Improvements - tranches 1 and 2 81
: Mental Health Wellbeing in Primary Care 40
: Dental Practice Improvement 265
: Dental Winter Preparedness 128
Total Earmarked 24,305
Outstanding Debt (2,321)
Unallocated General Fund  7,248
General Fund 29,232