To enter into a collaborative agreement with other London councils to commission sexual health services.

DECISION

1.    To agree that the London Borough of Tower Hamlets can join the London Sexual Health Transformation Project and the supporting east London commissioning with delegations that will enable the work to be taken forward.

2.    To delegate authority to the Director of Public Health to approve the Council’s participation in the pan-London agreements on cross charging, lead commissioning and integrated sexual health tariff.

3.    To approve the Council’s participation in a pan London procurement for a web-based system to include a ‘front-end’ portal, joined up partner notification and home/self-sampling. This will include the council being named in a Prior Indicative Notice (PIN) and Official Journal of European Union Notice (OJEU).

4.    To approve the Council’s participation in sub-regional arrangements for commissioning and procurement of Genitourinary Medicine (GUM) and Contraception and Sexual Health Service (CaSH) Services.

5.    To delegate authority to award contracts, as set out in the recommendations 2. to 4. above, to the Director of Public Health following consultation with the Head of the Legal Services, Chief Financial Officer and the Portfolio Holders for Finance and Health and Well Being.

Action by:

ACTING DIRECTOR, ADULT’S SERVICES (L. ADDAMS)

(Associate Director of Public Health (C. Lovitt)