Issue - decisions

As Cabinet Member for Adult Social Care and Public Health, I agree to:

1. APPROVE the Adult Healthy Lifestyle Service model and agree to the commissioning of the relevant services:

• Stop Smoking Service: Three Year Contract (1 April 2026 – 31 March 2029) with an optional extension, up to 24 months.
• Weight Management and Healthy Lifestyle Service:
  • East Kent: Three year Contract (1 April 2026 – 31 March 2029) with an optional extension, up to 36 months
  • West Kent: Three year Grant Agreement (1 April 2026 – 31 March 2029) with District and Borough Councils. Towards the end of the Three years, a decision will need to be made on whether KCC continues to provide the service in West Kent through Grant Agreements with the District and Borough Councils.

2. DELEGATE authority to the Director of Public Health, in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Adult Social Care and Public Health to commission the relevant services and enter into contracts or other legal agreements with providers to deliver the Adult Healthy Lifestyle Service model; and

3. DELEGATE authority to the Director of Public Health, in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Adult Social Care and Public Health, to exercise relevant contract extensions and enter into relevant contracts or legal agreements; and

IV.      DELEGATE authority to the Director of Public Health, in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Adult Social Care and Public Health, to take relevant actions, including but not limited to, awarding, finalising the terms of and entering into the relevant contracts or other legal agreements, as necessary, to implement the decision