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207.

FILMING AT MEETINGS

Please note that this meeting may be filmed or recorded by the Council for live or subsequent broadcast via the Council’s internet site or by anyone attending the meeting using any communication method. Although we ask members of the public recording, filming or reporting on the meeting not to include the public seating areas, members of the public attending the meeting should be aware that we cannot guarantee that they will not be filmed or recorded by others attending the meeting. Members of the public participating in the meeting (e.g. making deputations, asking questions, making oral protests) should be aware that they are likely to be filmed, recorded or reported on. 

 

By entering the meeting room and using the public seating area, you are consenting to being filmed and to the possible use of those images and sound recordings.

 

The chair of the meeting has the discretion to terminate or suspend filming or recording, if in his or her opinion continuation of the filming, recording or reporting would disrupt or prejudice the proceedings, infringe the rights of any individual or may lead to the breach of a legal obligation by the Council.

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Minutes:

The Leader referred to agenda item 1, as shown on the agenda in respect of filming at this meeting and Members noted this information.

208.

Apologies

To receive any apologies for absence.

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Minutes:

There were apologies for absence from Councillor Strickland.

209.

Urgent Business

The Chair will consider the admission of any late items of Urgent Business. (Late items of Urgent Business will be considered under the agenda item where they appear. New items of Urgent Business will be dealt with under Item 20  below. New items of exempt business will be dealt with at Item 23 below).

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Minutes:

There were no new items of urgent business. The Leader drew Members attention to the additional appendix to be considered with the Housing Support Transformation report at item 10.

 

210.

Declarations of Interest

A Member with a disclosable pecuniary interest or a prejudicial interest in a matter who attends a meeting of the authority at which the matter is considered:

 

(i) must disclose the interest at the start of the meeting or when the interest becomes apparent, and

(ii) may not participate in any discussion or vote on the matter and must withdraw from the meeting room.

 

A Member who discloses at a meeting a disclosable pecuniary interest which is not registered in the Register of Members’ Interests or the subject of a pending notification must notify the Monitoring Officer of the interest within 28 days of the disclosure.

 

Disclosable pecuniary interests, personal interests and prejudicial interests are defined at Paragraphs 5-7 and Appendix A of the Members’ Code of Conduct.

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Minutes:

There were no declarations of interest put forward.

211.

Notice of Intention to Conduct Business in Private, any Representations Received and the Response to any such Representations

On occasions part of the Cabinet meeting will be held in private and will not be open to the public if an item is being considered that is likely to lead to the disclosure of exempt or confidential information. In accordance with the Local Authorities (Executive Arrangements) (Meetings and Access to Information) (England) Regulations 2012 (the “Regulations”), members of the public can make representations about why that part of the meeting should be open to the public.

 

This agenda contains exempt items as set out at Item [21] : Exclusion of the Press and Public.  No representations with regard to these have been received.

 

This is the formal 5 clear day notice under the Regulations to confirm that this Cabinet meeting will be partly held in private for the reasons set out in this Agenda.

 

 

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Minutes:

There were no representations to consider.

212.

Minutes pdf icon PDF 497 KB

To confirm and sign the minutes of the meeting held on 14th February 2017 as a correct record.

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Minutes:

The minutes of  the Cabinet meeting held on  14th of February 2017  were agreed as an accurate record of the meeting.

213.

Matters Referred to Cabinet by the Overview and Scrutiny Committee

There are no  matters due to be considered.

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Minutes:

There were no matters to consider.

214.

Deputations/Petitions/Questions

To consider any requests received in accordance with Standing Orders.

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Minutes:

There were no deputations, petitions or public questions  to consider.

215.

Agreement to enter into partnership with OnSide, along with an in principle decision on a Youth Zone site pdf icon PDF 641 KB

[Report of the Director for  Children’s Services. To be introduced by the Cabinet Member for Communities] The  report will seek approval  of a partnership between Haringey and OnSide . It will also seek  approval  for consultation  to be undertaken on development of youth facilities on a potential area of council owned land,  prior to a request for land transfer via a long-term lease, in order to secure inward investment in youth provision.

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Minutes:

The Cabinet Member for Communities introduced the report which sought approval to the development of a partnership with the charity OnSide, to take forward their proposal to create a Youth Zone, providing facilities and programmed activities for young people in Haringey. The proposal contributed to the wider vision to improve youth outcomes through participation, health and wellbeing and encouraging greater use for formal and informal recreation. The partnership would bring forward use of capital, revenue and private sector funding to provide a fully accessible facility, meeting the particular needs of young people in the borough.

 

In response to questions from Councillor Morris, the following information was noted:

 

  • A number of potential sites had been explored, in both the east and west of the borough but this paper was seeking approval to the agreement with OnSide. The Council would continue working with OnSide to identify the Youth Zone site and there was current consideration of the Chestnuts site.

·         The Cabinet Member for Communities referred to Onside’s good reputation and work with other boroughs which provided confidence that they would be able to work with the Council on specific needs of Haringey. A commitment to outreach  work from other sites in the  borough  including, importantly, Bruce Grove  had been made.

 

 

RESOLVED

 

  1. To agree the development of a partnership with OnSide to take forward proposals for a Youth Zone in Haringey, subject to site identification agreeable to both the Council and OnSide and subject to planning approval and agreed heads of terms for a lease on a suitable Council site.

 

  1. To give delegated authority to the Corporate Director of Children Services and Director Regeneration, Planning and Development after consultation with the Cabinet Member for Corporate Resources to approve the final details of the project and the terms in respect of the grant funding agreement, lease, facility mix, and connection to other site specific regeneration proposals and operational detail.

  2. To note that there is a guaranteed revenue funding requirement of £250,000 pa for three years for the Youth Zone.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reasons for decision

 

The proposed Youth Zone development will engage young people across the   Borough in the creation of a unique facility that genuinely responds to their views and provides sustainable, 21st century youth provision significantly beyond the scale that the Council alone can deliver, which will make a positive difference to the experience of being a young person in Haringey. The proposed Council capital contribution of £3m towards the Youth Zone development will lever in a further £3m capital and ongoing revenue investment from the private sector of £750,000 per annum for the first three years of operation.

 

This project would also make a significant contribution to the Borough’s vision – to work with communities to make Haringey an even better place to live through encouraging investment and creating opportunities for all to share in - a reality. Additionally, it will contribute significantly to each of our five corporate objectives enabling our young people to achieve their aspirations and growing our  ...  view the full minutes text for item 215.

216.

Housing Support Transformation Framework pdf icon PDF 318 KB

[Report of the Assistant Director for Planning Regeneration, and Development. To be introduced by the Cabinet Member for Housing, Regeneration and Planning.] Report setting out recommendations for change to supported housing and housing support based on the findings of the Supported Housing Review.

 

Appendix 1 – Working Group Introduction is marked to follow.

 

 

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Minutes:

The Cabinet Member for Finance and Health introduced the report which set out the findings of the Supported Housing Review.

 

The review had involved obtaining a range of stakeholder views, through quantitative and qualitative means, on current supported housing provision, support models, and built environments in the borough. This was in light of the changing housing and social care landscape which emphasised the need to modernise and diversify the housing support offer to the boroughs vulnerable residents.

 

The Cabinet Member for Finance and Health referred to the findings of the review, set out at page 64 of the agenda pack, which described: current service models as largely reactive, supported housing not being used in an efficient way, and indicated that best practice methods were not being utilised to maximise independence.

 

There were a total of 11 recommendations from the Supported Housing Review, some universal and others targeted around young people, mental health, learning disabilities and older people.

 

Completion of the review was the 1st phase of work, and there would be future decisions on the different client groups coming forward to Cabinet as and when the associated phases of work were completed.

 

The Cabinet Member for Finance and Health thanked the members working group and Gill Taylor, the project manager, for all their hard work over the last year in bringing the review and recommendations forward.

 

In response to questions from Councillor Morris, the following information was noted:

 

  • There was still significant work to be taken forward, which was recognised and underpinned this framework, to achieve the required changes in supported housing. Therefore the savings figure associated with these changes was expected to evolve .However, there was likely to be savings as a result of the housing provision being better utilised.

 

  • It was important to note that the savings were not just the priority but achieving the outcomes of greater independence and the prevention of crisis’s before they occur for clients in supported housing which this framework would enable.

 

  • The Assistant Director for Commissioning stressed that these were strategic priorities being followed in the framework and so were not dependent on agreement of the HDV. The Assistant Director continued to provide assurance of the alternative actions that could taken such as work with registered providers to find supported housing placements.

 

 

 

RESOLVED

 

  1. To note and consider the introductory report from the Supported Housing Review Members Working Group set out in appendix 1.

 

  1. To note and consider the data and intelligence collated as part of the Supported Housing Review, presented in the Needs and Gaps Analysis, set out in appendix 2.

 

  1. To approve the vision, strategic principles and initial recommendations for housing support transformation set out below from 3.5 and explored further in the Recommendations Framework at appendix 3.

 

  1. To agree that the transformation of housing support should be based on a vision of Haringey as a place ‘where vulnerable residents can access flexible and personalised housing support services that maximise prevention, independence and inclusion within diverse mixed communities.’

 

  1. To achieve  ...  view the full minutes text for item 216.

217.

Approval of the Haringey Travel Policy Promoting Independence, Enabling Mobility. pdf icon PDF 220 KB

[Report of the Director for Children’s Services. To be introduced by the Cabinet Member for Children and Families] Following consultation with a wide range of stakeholders, this paper presents the Travel Policy (the Policy, a copy of which is attached as Appendix 1) to Cabinet for approval. The Policy sets out the basis on which Council funded travel will be provided. The Policy is set out in two main sections: Children and Young people (0 to 18 years)- including continuing learners who started their programme of learning before their 19th birthday-  and Adults with Learning Disabilities and Disabilities (18+).

 

 

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Minutes:

The Cabinet Member for Children and Families introduced the report and policy which set out the eligibility criteria for Council funded travel. This had been developed  in accordance with statutory responsibilities and affected children and young people, up to the age of 18 and Adults with learning disabilities and other disabilities. The policy had been developed in full consideration of statutory frameworks that might be applicable and with full consultation. The main aims of the policy were to provide clarity to children, young people and adults who may be eligible for funded Council travel and promote independence  in travel for children, young people and adults affected by the policy.

 

In response to questions from Councillor Morris:

 

·         The discussion at the Adults and Health Scrutiny Panel was related to the transport of clients to the Haynes day care centre and it had been agreed that the Council would continue to provide this mini bus service. But this decision was not taken in reference to the wider Travel Policy.

 

·         As set out at the Cabinet meeting in December, the draft policy had been withdrawn as there were further statutory consultation to be completed and the report had now been amended in light of further consultation responses being received from statutory bodies.

 

RESOLVED

 

  1. To consider and take into account the feedback from the consultation undertaken which is set out at 6.4 and in Appendix 3;

 

2.    To consider and take into account the equalities impact assessment of the proposals on protected groups at Appendix 2;

 

  1. To consider and take into account the actions proposed in Appendix 2 to mitigate the impact of the policy on the protected groups; and

 

  1. To approve the Travel Policy, Promoting Independence, Enabling Mobility, to take effect from 1st April 2017 attached at Appendix 1.

 

Reasons for decision

 

Through the Corporate Plan, the Council aims to give children the best start in life and to enable healthy and fulfilling lives for all residents. Council arrangements for travel support, which are not collated in a single policy, do not adequately reflect the current policy imperatives to maximise independence, promote personalisation and enable greater resilience.

 

The Council recognises that most service users can, with support, meet their own needs for travel to access services and can use public transport to develop independence and social and life skills. It further recognises that to enable children, young people and adults to be more independent often requires the provision of support through initiatives such as travel training and the development of community involvement. The Policy’s core principle is to promote the principle of independence through such initiatives whilst ensuring that funded passenger transport is made available where, following assessment, it is deemed to be the only reasonable means of ensuring that the service user can be safely transported to an assessed service.

 

Alternative options considered

 

Continuing with the current arrangements for travel was considered but rejected as it would not have met the requirements set out either in the Children and Families  ...  view the full minutes text for item 217.

218.

North Tottenham Townscape Heritage Initiative - Appointment of Principal Contractor for Phase 1 works pdf icon PDF 763 KB

[Report of the Tottenham Director. To be introduced by the Cabinet Member for Housing, Regeneration and Planning. ]Report seeking approval to enter into contract with the preferred bidder for the conservation works to the facades of nine buildings along the High Road and White Hart Lane.

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Minutes:

The Leader of the Council introduced the report, which took forward agreement for a combination of Council, Heritage Lottery, and property owner funding to restore up to 28 historic shop fronts on White Hart Lane and the High Road.

 

This report was seeking approval to enter into a contract with Cuttle Construction Limited, the preferred bidder for Phase 1 of the North Tottenham Townscape Heritage Initiative.

 

In response to a question from Councillor Morris, Cabinet noted that the four historic buildings referred to were entirely different to this scheme. There was no financial contribution required from Spurs to this scheme which was a Heritage Lottery scheme.

 

RESOLVED

 

That in accordance with Contract Standing Order 9.07.1(d) Cabinet approves the award of the contract for Phase 1 of the North Tottenham THI to Cuttle Construction Limited for the contract sum of £673,845.

 

Reasons for decision

To enable the implementation and completion of repair and restoration works as part of the THI. In accordance with the grant agreement between the Council and HLF and the approved programme, Phase 1 works are required to start in July 2017 and be completed by December 2017.

Alternative options considered

To not appoint a contractor would mean the terms of the grant agreement between the Council and HLF not being met and potentially result in the loss of external investment in North Tottenham of over £1,468,000 from HLF and £304,000 from local property owners. The HLF grant must be spent by March 2020.

 

219.

Investing in the Real Lettings Scheme to acquire properties for use to discharge homelessness duty to the Private Rented Sector pdf icon PDF 474 KB

[Report of the Assistant Director for Regeneration. To be introduced by the  Cabinet Member for Housing, Regeneration and Planning.]Report to agree and investment in the Real Lettings Scheme, run by St Mungo's, alongside other Local Authorities and the GLA.  The fund acquires existing market properties that investors can use to discharge homelessness.  At the end of the scheme the homes are sold and each investor receives it's initial investment plus any capital appreciation, in addition to an annual dividend on the cash yield on investment.

 

 

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Minutes:

The Leader of the Council introduced the report, which sought Cabinet agreement to take forward joint investment in the Real Lettings Fund.

This decision would aim to provide longer-term sustainable homes, with high quality management and move on to support provided by St Mungo’s. It would reduce the need to place homeless households in expensive and unsuitable emergency accommodation.

It would further involve a partnership with three other London Boroughs – Croydon, Lambeth and Westminster, with the Mayor of London also considering investing. The Fund would provide homes to be managed by St Mungo’s, which were noted to have an excellent record in supporting homeless people and assisting them to move on into settled housing.

The Leader expressed that this decision was not the whole or the only solution to the Council’s homelessness challenge. But was one of a suite of proposals, described in the report that would start to produce better outcomes for homeless households and ultimately reduce costs for the Council.

 

The Leader asked Cabinet to note that the report recommended investing in the Fund, with 30% of that investment (£4.5 million) being Right to Buy receipts. Cabinet noted that, although Lambeth have invested in the fund using their RTB receipts, the Council had sought QC’s advice as to whether this would be an appropriate use of these funds. This advice has now been received.

The Leader reported that the QC did not advise that the Council cannot use the funds in this way. He notes that he was not able to find any law or guidance specifically on this particular issue. Given the nature of the financial arrangements in this Fund, he advised that the Council should seek express consent of the Secretary of State to use the funds in this way. Officers would now seek to do this.

 

Consequently, Cabinet was asked to make the decision on whether to invest in the Fund contingent on the Secretary of State granting consent for making payments to the fund out of Right to Buy receipts as set out above.

 

Therefore the resolutions and decisions below were contingent on first receiving express  approval from the Secretary of State to use the Right to Buy receipts for these purposes.

 

 

Subject to receiving express approval from the Secretary of State to using Right To Buy receipts  Cabinet RESOLVED

 

  1. To agree to the Council participating in the Fund as a limited partner and to invest a total sum of £15 million in the Fund for the purpose and objectives set out in section 6 of this report.

 

 

  1. That this be funded from the capital budget for Temporary Accommodation Property Acquisition Scheme agreed by Full Council in the Capital Strategy in February 2017. Therefore this would be financed from the Councils own resources with £4.5m financed using Right to buy Receipts if permissible.

 

  1. To agree to the Council entering into the nomination agreement with St Mungo’s. This agreement was ancillary to the Fund and is intended to secure nominations for  ...  view the full minutes text for item 219.

220.

Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (RIPA) 2000: Use Within the Council 2016/17 and Updates to the Council's Policy pdf icon PDF 189 KB

[Report of the Assistant Director for Corporate Governance. To be introduced by the Cabinet Member for Corporate Resources.] The report will set out the issues relevant to the use the regulation of investigatory powers and provide an updated policy for approval.

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Minutes:

The Cabinet Member for Corporate Resources introduced the report which set out the details of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (RIPA).This ensured that all public authorities were able to carry out covert surveillance on a statutory basis without breaching The Human Rights Act 1998, Article 8, the right to privacy. Elected members were required to review Haringey’s use of RIPA and approve its policy.

The Cabinet Member advised that the Council makes very limited use of RIPA legislation – no applications have been made in 2016/17but the Council needs to make sure that its policy and procedures complied with the Codes of Practice.

 

The Council was inspected on its use of RIPA in November 2016 which confirmed that the Councils procedures complied with Home Office guidance. The inspector made one recommendation that further training and guidance should be considered for those services that may use social media as part of their routine processes.

 

The policy had been updated at Section 6 – Social Networking Sites and Internet Sites. The previous version of the policy contained information on the use of social media (Facebook, Twitter, Whatsapp, Snapchat etc), but Section 6 now provided more detailed guidance on how to use social media within RIPA guidelines (at paragraph 6.2).

 

The updates to the policy with regard to the use of social media complied with guidance issued by the Home Office and the Office of the Surveillance Commissioner in 2016.

 

RESOLVED

 

  1. To note the use of RIPA by the Council;

 

  1. To approve the amended RIPA policy at Appendix 1 (updated at Section 6 – Social Networking Sites and Internet Sites) and agrees that the officers listed in the appendix to Appendix 1 be permitted to authorise directed surveillance and the use of covert intelligence under s.28 and S.29 of RIPA 2000 prior to judicial approval; and

 

  1. To delegate responsibility for updating and maintaining operational procedures for RIPA, in line with the Council’s approved RIPA policy, to the Assistant Director for Corporate Governance.

 

Reasons for decision

 

The Protection of Freedoms Act requires members to be advised about the use of powers under RIPA and to approve the Council’s policy for the use of directed surveillance.

 

Alternative options considered

 

The Codes of Practice that cover RIPA require the Council to report the use of its powers under the Act and obtain member approval for its policy on the use of RIPA. This report fulfils the Council’s requirements under the Codes of Practice. There are no alternative reporting or approval options available under the Codes of Practice.

 

 

221.

Extension and Variation of Whittington Health School Nursing Contract pdf icon PDF 238 KB

[Report of the  Director for Public Health. To be introduced by the Cabinet Member for Finance and Health.]To seek approval to extend and vary the Whittington Health contract for one year from 1 April 2017.

 

 

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Minutes:

The Cabinet Member for Children and Families introduced the report which sought approval to the extension of the school nursing service contract along with a variation to the service specification.

 

The school nursing service contributed to the improvement of children and young people’s physical, mental health and emotional well-being as measured by a range of outcomes set out within the Public Health Outcomes Framework. In addition, as part of the Corporate Plan Priority 1, the public health team had started a transformation programme with the school nursing service to implement the 5 – 19 year old Healthy Child Programme (HCP). This followed on from the successful implementation of the 0 – 5 year old HCP led by the commissioned health visiting service. The extension of this contract would enable the transformation work to be continued.

 

In response to a question from Councillor Morris, the vaccination programme would continue in schools but this would be provided by Vaccination UK.

 

RESOLVED

 

To approve, in accordance with Contract Standing Order 10.02.1(b) the following variations to the school nursing service contract:

 

  1. Subject to the variation to the contract specification referred to in paragraph 3.1.2 below, the extension of the contract by 1 year, in exercise of the option to extend provided for in the original contract, for a second year value of £530,000.

 

  1. a variation to the contract specification to omit the provision of the childhood immunisations and flu programme (accounting for £233,194 of the first year contract price) as a result of the discontinuation of the co-commissioning arrangement funded by NHS England when the section 256 agreement on that expires on 31st March 2017.

 

Reasons for decision

 

Cabinet approved in January 2016 the contract for the provision of a school nursing service. The contract length was for 1 year with the option to extend for 1 year.

 

The original contract required provision of the core school nursing service as well as of the school age vaccination and the child flu vaccination programme. The latter programme was included as a result of a co-commissioning arrangement under a section 256 agreement between the Council and NHS England which provided funding of £233,194. As this funding comes to an end with the expiry of the one-year co-commissioning agreement on 31st March 2017, it is proposed to omit the vaccination programme from the specification of this contract. The sole commissioning responsibility for the immunisation programme remains with NHS England, who have identified a new provider for the vaccination programme service. The core school nursing service will remain the same.

 

The extension and variation will enable the public health team to continue working with Whittington Health NHS Trust to maximise the efficiencies and progress the 5-19 year old transformation programme that is part of the Priority 1 Board activities for 2017/18. The transformation programme focuses on implementation of a universal Healthy Child Programme to reduce inequalities and achieve better outcomes for children, young people and their families.

 

Implementing the 5-19 year old HCP will enable  ...  view the full minutes text for item 221.

222.

Extension and variation of the 0-5 (Health Visiting and Family Nurse Partnership) Contract pdf icon PDF 295 KB

[Report of the Director for Public Health. To be introduced by the Cabinet Member for  Finance and Health.] To seek approval to extend and vary the contract from 1 April 2017 for one year.

 

Additional documents:

Minutes:

The Cabinet Member for Children and Families introduced the report which sought agreement to the extension of the existing 0-5 year old public health services contract along with a variation to the services deliverable under the contract. The contract included the provision of the health visiting service and the family nurse partnership programme and it was proposed to add to this coordination and delivery of the HENRY Programme.

 

The Leader highlighted the real progress made by the Council and Public Health team in moving to a universal model and being able to provide this service.

 

RESOLVED

 

  1. To approve, in accordance with Contract Standing Order CSO 10.02.1(b), the following variation to the Council’s health visiting and family nurse partnership services contract with the Whittington Health NHS Trust.

 

  1. Subject to the variation to the contract specification referred to in paragraph below, the extension of the contract by 1 year at a cost of £4,832,029.

 

  1. A variation to the contract specification to include a requirement to coordinate and deliver the HENRY Programme and to reduce the required capacity of the family nurse partnership programme.

 

Reasons for decision

 

Extending the contract will allow time to fully implement the national evidence based ‘4, 5, 6 model’ (see section 6.2). The service has already implemented the 4 levels and the 5 mandated contacts and plans are already underway for the implementation of the 6 high impact areas[1].

 

The variation within the contract will be a revision to the specified services in two respects. Firstly, a requirement for co-ordination and implementation of the HENRY Programme will be added. This is a successful behaviour change programme for families focussing on healthy eating. The public health team has co-ordinated this programme for the last 3years. It is now part of the health visiting team’s mandatory training and will support implementation of one part of the 6 high impact areas – healthy weight.

 

The other variation to the specification will be to reduce the required capacity of the family nurse partnership programme. This is necessary as demand has reduced due to the fall in teenage pregnancies.

 

The contract extension will align the duration of the health visiting service and the family nurse partnership programme contract with that of the school nursing service contract. This will provide the opportunity to procure an integrated 0 – 19 year old service in the future.

 

Operationally, the 0-5 public health service is integrated within the wider offer for children and families and is embedded within the wider health pathways for children, young people and their families.

 

In Haringey, the CCG’s commissioned children’s community health services (except children’s community nursing) are provided by Whittington Health NHS Trust. These are part of a block arrangement through the NHS standard contract.

 

Alternative options considered

 

Currently across the country NHS organisations are the main providers of health visiting services and the family nurse partnership programme. A number of Councils have gone out to market following the transfer of commissioning responsibility to local authorities in October  ...  view the full minutes text for item 222.

223.

Community Equipment Framework pdf icon PDF 137 KB

[Report of the Director for Adult Social Care Services. To be introduced by the Cabinet Member for Finance and Health.]Community Equipment Framework provided through the London Consortium.

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Minutes:

The Cabinet Member for Finance and Health introduced the report which recommended use of a Framework Agreement with Medequip through the London Consortium being continued to provide an enhanced responsive equipment service delivery. This decision would provide the residents of Haringey with disabilities, the choice to remain in their own home as opposed to being a patient in a hospital bed.

 

RESOLVED

 

To award a call off order under the Framework Agreement for the provision of Community Equipment for four years, from 1st April 2017 to 31st March 2021 with the option to extend for a further two years to Medequip. With an estimated annual cost of £1.2 million in year one and £1.2 million in years two to four, equating to £5 million over the initial four year term.

Reasons for decision

 

The Framework Agreement has significantly enhanced service delivery and has been responsive to the increasing demands. Together with the partners in the Consortium the service has received a cost effective value for money service.

 

Haringey residents will continue to benefit from a responsive service whilst the service will benefit financially as this new Framework Agreement has secured several new benefits and improvements, including additional activity speeds to facilitate 7-day working. It is expected that the Framework Agreement will be accessed by 16 other boroughs in the London Consortium.

 

Haringey CCG will benefit from continued access to community health equipment through their current Access Agreement with Haringey Council.

 

The new contract is forecast to achieve savings for Haringey of 6.02% compared with the existing Framework. All else being equal with no change in demand, savings will range between 1.3% and 4.1% in the first year. A substantial proportion of the savings will come from lower cost equipment.

 

Alternative options considered

 

There is no alternative to the call off order as not to agree to this would result in the residents of Haringey not receiving personal care equipment to enable them to remain independent in their own homes, resulting in individuals moving into residential/long term care.

 

 

224.

Minutes of Other Bodies pdf icon PDF 110 KB

To note the minutes of the following:

 

Corporate Parenting Advisory Committee 6th of  February 2017

Leader’s signing  on 14th of February 2017

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Minutes:

RESOLVED

 

·         To note the minutes of the Corporate Parenting Advisory Committee  on the 6th of  February 2017 & Leader’s signing  on 14th of February 2017.

 

225.

Significant and Delegated Actions pdf icon PDF 206 KB

To consider significant and delegated actions taken by directors in  February 2017.

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Minutes:

RESOLVED

 

To note the significant and delegated actions taken by directors in  February 2017.

 

226.

New Items of Urgent Business

To consider any items admitted at Item 3 above.

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Minutes:

None

227.

Exclusion of the Press and Public

Note from the Democratic Services &Scrutiny Manager

 

Items allow for the consideration of exempt information in relation to items and 22, and 23.

 

RESOLVED:

 

That the press and public be excluded from the remainder of the meeting as the items below contain exempt information, as defined under paragraph, 3  and 5 , Part 1, schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972.

 

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Minutes:

RESOLVED

 

That the press and public be excluded from the remainder of the meeting as the items below contain exempt information, as defined under paragraph, 3  and 5 , Part 1, schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972.

 

228.

Exempt Cabinet Minutes

To confirm and sign  the exempt Cabinet minutes of the meeting on the 14 February 2017.

Minutes:

To agree and sign the exempt minutes of the Cabinet meeting held on the 14th of February 2017.

229.

New Items of Exempt Urgent Business

To consider any items admitted at Item 3 above.

 

Minutes:

None