As Cabinet Member for Adult Social Care and Public Health I agree to:
I. APPROVE the recommissioning of the Kent Drug and Alcohol Inpatient Detoxification Service for an initial period from 1 April 2026 to 31 March 2029 with the option to extend for up to two additional one-year periods, ending no later than 31 March 2031, subject to confirmation of OHID funding.
II. DELEGATE authority to the Director of Public Health to take relevant actions, including but not limited to, entering into, finalising, and varying the terms of relevant contracts or other legal agreements, as necessary, to implement the above decision.
III. DELEGATE authority to the Director of Public Health, in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Adult Social Care and Public Health, the exercise of any extensions permitted in accordance with the extension clauses within the contract, subject to confirmation of OHID funding.
IV. CONFIRM that, in accordance with Key Decision 22/00041, the Director of Public Health, following consultation with the Cabinet Member and Corporate Director of Finance, retains delegated authority to accept and deploy any future OHID grant funding on similar terms to support this area of work under the national Harm to Hope strategy.