Decision details

Contract: Public Health Services in Primary Care Contracts 2015/16

Decision Maker: Health & Wellbeing Board and ICB Sub-Committee (Committees in Common)

Decision status: Approved

Is Key decision?: Yes

Is subject to call in?: No

Purpose:

The report will outline the delivery and procurement strategy for the Public Health Services in Primary Care for 15/16, in regards to:

 

·  Health Checks (Mandatory Function for the Council since April 2013)

·  Smoking Cessation

·  Chlamydia Screening in General Practices

·  Long Acting Reversible Contraception

·  Sexual Health Services in Pharmacies (including Chlamydia Screening and Emergency Hormonal Contraception)

·  Supervised Consumption in Pharmacies

·  Shared Care in General Practices

 

The Board will be asked to:

 

1.  Authorise a waiver of the Contract Rules for these contracts, under Clause 6.6.8, on the grounds that the circumstances are genuinely exceptional; and,

 

2.  Give delegated authority to the Corporate Director of Adult and Community Services, on the advice of Director of Public Health and the Chief Finance Officer to award the Public Health service contracts to the chosen Primary Care providers for the above service contracts.

Decision:

The Board:

 

(i)  Approved the strategy, for the procurement of the Public Health Programmes contracts within the primary care setting from the 1 April 2015, for a period of one year for:

a)  NHS Health Check Programme (mandated Council Public Health function)

b)  Chlamydia Screening

c)  Smoking Cessation Level 2 Service

d)  Contraceptive Intrauterine Devices (IUDs) and Contraceptive Implants

e)  Pharmacy sexual health Service

f)  Shared Care in GP Practices (Drug Treatment Service)

g)  Supervised Consumption in Pharmacies (Drug Treatment Service)

the details of which were set out in sections 2.1 to 2.6 of the report;

 

(ii)  In accordance with Contract Rule 6.6.8, waived the requirement to conduct a competitive procurement exercise for the contracts above; and,

(iii)  Delegated Authority to the Corporate Director of Adult and Community Services, in consultation with the Director of Public Health, Head of Legal Services and the Chief Finance Officer to award the Public Health service contracts, as set out above, to the nominated General Practice and Pharmacy providers.

Report author: Matthew Cole

Publication date: 09/12/2014

Date of decision: 09/12/2014

Decided at meeting: 09/12/2014 - Health & Wellbeing Board and ICB Sub-Committee (Committees in Common)

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