Decision details
GP Enhanced Public Health Services – Direct Award
Decision Maker: Cabinet
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: No
Is subject to call in?: Yes
Purpose:
The purpose of the report is to recommend a
direct award to the Tower Hamlets GP Care Group of a contract for
the delivery of statutory and core public health services –
sexual health and contraception, substance misuse and NHS health
checks.
The Tower Hamlets GP Care Group CIC is the umbrella organisation
for the GP practices in the borough. Delivery of the services
through the GP Care Group enables joined up service delivery across
all the primary care networks in the borough.
Decision:
Pre-Decision Scrutiny Questions and officer responses were noted.
DECISION
1. To approve the recommendation for direct award of a contractual agreement to the Tower Hamlets GP Care Group Community Interest Company (CIC) for the delivery of the Public Health NIS services for 3 years from 1st July 2021 with the option to extend for another three years on a yearly basis with a maximum annual value of £932,874 and total value £5,597,244 for the life of the contract.
2. To authorise the Director of Public Health to enter into all necessary agreements.
3. To note that funding for the Public Health NIS Services will be met within the Public Health Grants budgets for the life of the contract.
4. To note the specific equalities considerations as set out in 4.1 and 4.2 of the report.
Action by:
CORPORATE DIRECTOR, HEALTH, ADULTS AND COMMUNITY (D. RADLEY)
(Drugs and Alcohol Action Team (DAAT) Commissioning Manager (D. Dennis)
(Associate Director of Public Health (R. Verrecchia)
Report author: Yasmin Ashley
Publication date: 30/04/2021
Date of decision: 28/04/2021
Decided at meeting: 28/04/2021 - Cabinet
Effective from: 08/05/2021
Accompanying Documents:
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