Issue - meetings

Forward Plan Ref: 2023/143

Contact:Donna Husband, Head of Public Health Programmes Public Health

OCC, donna.husband@oxfordshire.gov.uk

Report by Corporate Director of Public Health & Wellbeing (CMDPHI4).

The Cabinet Member is requested to approve incurring of expenditure for the Public Health service for children and young people aged 0-19, through health visiting (HV), school health nursing (SHN) and skill mix workforce.

The Cabinet Member for is RECOMMENDED to

Approve the budget and delegate authority to the Director of Public Health in consultation with the Head of Legal and Deputy Monitoring Officer to award and complete the contract for a Healthy Child and Young Person Public Health Service in Oxfordshire as referred to in this report following the conclusion of a procurement exercise pursuant to the Council’s Contract Procedure Rules.

Recommendations approved.

The Cabinet Member considered a report on the proposed contract for a Healthy Child and Young Person Public Health Service in Oxfordshire.

Donna Husband, Head of Public Health Programmes, summarised the report.  This service was about giving children the best start in life, working with families to identify needs as they arise.  There were currently four contracts covering seven services that would end in 2024.  The aim was to have integrated services including social care, education providers and the NHS.  The total contract value over seven years will be £87.5m.

Donna Husband responded to questions from Councillor O’Connor as follows:

·       This was currently in the tender process following consultation, with the intention of awarding the contract by September.

·       It was not a case of extending current contracts but going out to competitive tender.

The Cabinet Member approved the recommendations.

RESOLVED to:

Approve the budget and delegate authority to the Director of Public Health in consultation with the Head of Legal and Deputy Monitoring Officer to award and complete the contract for a Healthy Child and Young Person Public Health Service in Oxfordshire as referred to in this report following the conclusion of a procurement exercise pursuant to the Council’s Contract Procedure Rules.