Issue - meetings

To receive a report from the Cabinet Member for Adult Social Care and Public Health and the Director of Public Health on the commissioning transformation programme for adult health improvement services.

Ms K Sharp, Head of Public Health Commissioning, was in attendance for this item.

1.            Mr Scott-Clark and Ms Sharp introduced the report and emphasised the need for a balance of intervention and prevention over the short and long-term to achieve sustainable health improvement, and for local authorities to be partners in this work. To support this partnership working, the County Council’s procurement process had been aligned with those of its district council and NHS partners.  An extension to the contract would be requested, to allow time to further develop this joint working.

2.            Mr Scott-Clark and Ms Sharp responded to comments and questions from Members, as follows:-

a)    the County Council wanted to implement its new adult health improvement model as soon as possible and wanted to make the procurement process for this as efficient as possible. It would spend the extension time to clarify what could be delivered by current partnership working and what would need to be procured elsewhere or by other means; and

b)    the potential role of district council partners and the Kings Fund in identifying and addressing health improvement issues had not previously been drawn on, but the role of district councils in controlling licensing and housing would make a valuable contribution,  and district council-run leisure facilities could also offer much to support health improvement projects in an area.

3.         RESOLVED that the feedback from stakeholders since January and the opportunities for working jointly with partners on the re-commissioning of adult health improvement services be noted.