Issue - meetings

  (Jacqui van Rossum, Executive Director Integrated Care (London) and Transformation), NELFT, declared a pecuniary interest in regards to this item and took no part in the discussion or decision.)

Matthew Cole, Director of Public Health, presented the report which requested the extension of the current Healthy Child Programme 5-19 Years Old to 31 March 2016 in readiness for the transfer of the responsibility to the Local Authority in October 2015.  This would also allow the Council to review and develop its 0-19 provision (including early years and school based public health programmes), to meet the changing needs of the Borough, provide a more seamless service with fewer transition issues and look to deliver efficiencies.  To allow for stability in service, the Department of Health had also requested that 5-19 contracts do not end at the same time as the Health Visitor transition.

The Board noted the details set out in the report and, in accordance with the Council’s Contract Rules section 54.1.3, the Board:

(i)  Agreed to the extension of the Public Health Healthy Child Programme 5-19 contract until 31 March 2016; and,

(ii)  Authorised the Corporate Director of Adult and Community Services, on the advice of the Director of Public Health and in consultation with the Head of Legal and Democratic Services to extend the current contract to 31 March 2016 under the same terms and conditions; with a break clause of three months.