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To confirm the minutes of the meeting held on 7 October 2025 to be signed by the Chair as a correct record.

The minutes of the meeting held on 7 October 2025 were approved

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Report by Corporate Director for Public Health and Communities

RECOMMENDATION

The Cabinet Member is RECOMMENDED to:

a)    Approve the Business Case and the option to recommission the Integrated Sexual Health Service (ISHS) based on the current tariff-based payment model and using the Provider Selection Regime (PSR).

b)    Delegate authority to the Director of Public to approve the recommission of the ISHS Contract for 5+3 years from 1st April 2027.

The Cabinet Member considered a report, which indicated that Sexual Health Service was a legally mandated public health service that the Council was responsible for commissioning. Furthermore, it was said that the Oxfordshire Integrated Sexual Health Service delivered by Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (OUHFT), was an open access and free at the point of delivery service and offered sexually transmitted infection (STI) testing, diagnosis and treatment services as well as a range of reproductive health care services.

The Service commenced on 1st April 2019, with the contract period due to end on the 31st of March 2027. This followed the maximum three-year extension period and the current total annual contract value for the ISHS which was a maximum amount of £5,600,000 per year and which came from the Public Health Grant.

It was indicated that the option for recommissioning the Service was to continue with current tariff-based payment model utilising the Provider Selection Regime (PSR), in accordance with the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023.This option was approved by Public Health DLT on the 20th of November 2025 and by Commercial Board on the 11th of December 2025.

The Cabinet Member agreed to the recommendations in the report.

RESOLVED to:

a)    Approve the Business Case and the option to recommission the Integrated Sexual Health Service (ISHS) based on the current tariff-based payment model and using the Provider Selection Regime (PSR).

b)    Delegate authority to the Director of Public Health and Communities to approve the recommission of the ISHS Contract for 5+3 years from 1st April 2027.