Issue - meetings
Adult Autism Services
Meeting: 05/06/2013 - Cabinet - Expired (Item 9)
9 Adult Autism Services 
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Additional documents:
- 9.1b App1 - Autism Diagnostic and Intervention Service, item 9
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- 9.1c App2 - Autism JSNA Factsheet, item 9
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Decision:
DECISION
To approve the proposals in the report to:
(i) Establish a new Adults Diagnostic and Intervention Service (Appendix 1); in partnership with Tower Hamlets Clinical Commissioning Group using NHS section 256 funding, commissioned via NHS procurement procedures and
(ii) Commission this service through the Council with advice from clinical commissioners within the NHS.
Action by:
CORPORATE DIRECTOR, EDUCATION, SOCIAL CARE AND WELLBEING (A. CANNING)
(Service Head of Commissioning and Strategy, Education, Social Care and Wellbeing (D. Cohen)
Minutes:
Councillor Abdul Asad, Cabinet Member for Health and Wellbeing, introduced the report and welcomed it as a means to comply with legislation and drive forward diagnostic and intervention services for adults with autism.
The Mayor added that the proposals would fill a gap in services for a very vulnerable sector of the community and he agreed the recommendations set out in the report.
RESOLVED
To approve the proposals in the report to:
(i) Establish a new Adults Diagnostic and Intervention Service (Appendix 1); in partnership with Tower Hamlets Clinical Commissioning Group using NHS section 256 funding, commissioned via NHS procurement procedures and
(ii) Commission this service through the Council with advice from clinical commissioners within the NHS.