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Public Health Transition - People, Contracts and Finance

 

 

Meeting: 18/12/2012 - Cabinet (Item 314)

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(Report of the Director of Public Health. To be introduced by the Cabinet Member for Health and Adult Services). The report outlines arrangements for the transfer of contracts in April 2013 following the transfer of responsibility for Public Health to Local Authorities. 

 

 

Additional documents:

Minutes:

Cabinet considered a report, introduced by the Cabinet Member for Health and Adult Services, which provided an overview of arrangements for the transfer of the Public Health function to the Local Authority in April 2013.

 

RESOLVED:

 

That NHS contracts be transferred to the Local Authority as follows:

 

  1. Contracts that expire prior to April 2013, that are not affected by the substance misuse re-tender, as listed in Appendix 2a, will be extended by the NHS to March 2014 to ensure continuity of service. These contracts will transfer under statutory transfer scheme arrangements to the Council on 1 April 2013.

 

  1. Contracts that expire prior to 1 April 2013, that are affected by the substance misuse re-tender, as listed in Appendix 2b of the report, will be extended by the NHS to December 2013 to ensure continuity of service and alignment with the re-tender process. These contracts will also transfer under statutory transfer scheme arrangements to the Council on 1 April 2013.

 

  1. In order to facilitate the redesign and re-tendering of substance misuse contracts during 2012/13, which will comprise of contracts currently within the Council and some contracts that will transfer to the Council on 1 April 2013, approval is sought for the following:

 

Ø  A third waiver of the ‘Eban’ contract for a nine month period from April 2013 to December 2013 under Contract Standing Orders (CSO) 10.01.5 in Appendix 2f;

Ø  A nine month extension of contracts listed in Appendix 2g from April 2013 to December 2013 under CSO 19.02.2 of the Council’s CSO.  

 

  1. To note that NHS contracts moving to the Council, which expire after April 2013, will transfer under statutory transfer scheme arrangements on 1 April 2013. These contracts are also contained in Appendix 2a.

 

  1. To noted that there are financial implications for some sexual health services provided to Haringey residents outside the Borough. There is a statutory requirement to provide genitor-urinary medicine (GUM) services through national arrangements, whereby anyone can access GUM services in any part of England and Wales. Boroughs are then invoiced monthly by the provider organisation. Haringey will have limited control over the costs incurred under this national open access arrangement.

 

Alternative Options Considered

The transfer of the Public Health function to the Council is required by the Health and Social Care Act 2012 – as a legal requirement, there are no other options to consider.

 

Following the transfer of functions and their related contracts, as outlined in the report, there will be opportunities to shape future commissioned services.

 

Reasons for Decision

This information is set out in sections 2 and 3 of the report.