Issue - meetings

Cabinet Member: Public Health, Inequalities and Community Safety

Forward Plan Ref: 2024/196

Contact: Kate Holburn, Head of Public Health Programmes

(Kate.Holburn@oxfordshire.gov.uk)

Report by Director of Public Health and Inequalities (CMDPHICS6)

The Cabinet Member is RECOMMENDED to:

a)    Approve the contract extension, via the appropriate legal route, for the Supplementary Substance Misuse Service, provided by Turning Point, for a period of 3 years.

The Chair introduced the item to the meeting.

The Chair stated the scheme sought to enhance substance misuse services in Oxfordshire in-line with the national strategy.

Officers confirmed that funding was received via the Office of Health Improvements and Disparities and the Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities grants as part of a National Drug Strategy.

Officers noted that an extension was being sought for the full three years, to ensure stability of the service, on the basis that the grants would be extended, but that was not confirmed at the present stage.

Officers explained that measures had been put in place around finances to mitigate potential risks if the grants were not continued.

The Chair thanked officers for their work, praised the work of the service and agreed to the recommendations in the report.

RESOLVED to:

a)     Approve the contract extension, via the appropriate legal route, for the Supplementary Substance Misuse Service, provided by Turning Point, for a period of 3 years.