Issue - meetings

To consider the report.

The Deputy Director of Public Health introduced the report which provided Board Members with an update on the Children and Young People’s Public Health Service commissioned by Public Health Dorset and provided by Dorset HealthCare.

Officers responded to Members’ comments and requests for clarification, details included:

• A significant and detailed procurement process had been undertaken by both local authorities to ensure that a suitable provision could be in place, that offered stability to the service and would also allow for the service to evolve and/or renegotiate the contract at appropriate points throughout its total duration.
• Public Health were content with the contract and regular contract review meetings were taking place to monitor performance. There was a positive working relationship that demonstrated the pro-active nature of supplier.
• There was a desire to continue reviewing that the service model was set up and resourced to deliver outcomes in the most effective way as the model develops.
• As there were no proposals to change any services, Board Members were being asked to agree extension, which meant that no Equality Impact Assessment (EQIA) was needed, as this would have been done as part of the initial procurement process. The implication of the recommendation not being agreed would be a need to identify cost pressures with Dorset Healthcare that would adversely impact the service.

RESOLVED

That the Board:

(i)            Delegate authority to the Director of Public Health, to issue a Contract Variation to Dorset HealthCare to increase the Children and Young People’s Public Health Service contract value by £397,000.00 per annum from 1stApril 2023 to 30th March 2024, using part of the Public Health Grant uplift.

(ii)          Delegate authority to the Director of Public Health to authorise the required12 months legal notice to extend the Children and Young People’s Public Health contract, for delivery between 1st October 2024 and 30th September2026, in line with Dorset Council contract regulations.

(iii)         Mandate a comprehensive commissioning intentions report for presentation to the Joint Public Health Board, which includes a fully costed and clear workforce plan, to deliver core mandated activity and outcomes-based activity, in line with the Service Specification, for the Children and Young People’s Public Health Service, for the period 1st October 2024 - 30^th September 2026