See guidance below.

To confirm the minutes of the meeting held on 3 February 2026 to be signed by the Chair as a correct record.

Any county councillor may, by giving notice to the Proper Officer by 9 am three working days before the meeting, ask a question on an item on the agenda.

The number of questions which may be asked by any councillor at any one meeting is limited to two (or one question with notice and a supplementary question at the meeting) and the time for questions will be limited to 30 minutes in total. As with questions at Council, any questions which remain unanswered at the end of this item will receive a written response.

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Report by Director of  Public Health and Communities

RECOMMENDATION

The Cabinet Member is RECOMMENDED to:

a. Approve the proposal to commission a Substance Use Service for Children and Young People through a procurement exercise and transition to a new 7-year contract on a 3-year initial term with the option to extend for up to 4 years in aggregate. The budget for this service will be up to £700,000 per year as set out in section 5 below, funded by ringfenced drug and alcohol funding within the Public Health Grant.

b.    Delegate to the Director for Public Health authority to manage the service design for the procurement and following completion of the procurement exercise award the contract to the successful bidder.

Report by Ansaf Azhar, Director of Public Health and Communities

RECOMMENDATION

The Cabinet Member is RECOMMENDED to:

a.    Approve the recommissioning of Long-Acting Reversible Contraception (LARC), NHS Health Checks (NHSHC), and Drug Use Shared Care with eligible providers under the applicable direct award process of the Provider Selection Regime (PSR) as set out in this report.

b.    Approve the recommissioning of Pharmacist Supervised Consumption of Prescribed Opiate Substitution Therapy, Needle Exchange Programme and Take-Home Naloxone services with eligible providers under the applicable direct award process of the Provider Selection Regime (PSR), as set out in this report.

c.    Delegate authority to the Director of Public Health to award contracts to eligible providers to provide these services for four years, plus three, from 1^st April 2027.