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Contract extension for Haringey young people sexual health and women's contraception service

Meeting: 21/01/2020 - Cabinet (Item 140)

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[Report of the Interim Director of Public Health . To be introduced by the Cabinet Member for Adults and Health.]

 

The  report will seek an extension of the option to send the existing contract  as agreed by Cabinet for an additional 1+1 years for delivery of a dedicated Haringey young people sexual health and Women’s contraception services. The total contract term inclusive of the 1+1 year option to extend is 5 years.

 

 

 

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Minutes:

The Cabinet Member for Adults and Health introduced this report which sought agreement from Cabinet to extend the existing Haringey Community Sexual Health services - Young People and Long Acting Reversible Contraception contract to Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust. It sought to provide a community sexual health service focusing on young people’s sexual and reproductive health, comprising health promotion, testing and treatment for sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and access to contraception. The service also provided open access to Long Acting Reversible Contraception (LARC) methods for women of all age groups. 

 

The Cabinet Member highlighted that patient feedback from young people on the local dedicated service had been very positive. With 96% of patients attending the service responding that they were extremely likely or likely to recommend the service to someone, who needed similar care or treatment and 99% saying that the treatment and care they received was very good and also helped them achieve what mattered to them.

 

The Cabinet Member closed by noting that, given the positive performance indicators and feedback from the Council that these services had been operating successfully, the Cabinet Member was pleased to recommend that Cabinet extend the contract.

 

In response to a question from Councillor Palmer, Officers noted there were a range of different services available to all service users, including specialist providers for the Trans community. Councillor Palmer welcomed this but also noted it was important to engage with members of the Trans community to ensure inclusivity by asking what services were right for them.

 

RESOLVED

To agree to the extension of the contract to CNWL for the provision of Community Sexual Health services - Young People and Long Acting Reversible Contraception (LARC). As allowed under Contract Standing Orders 10.2.1 (b) for a period of up to 2 years from 3rd July 2020 to 2nd July 2022. The maximum value of the 2-year extension is £2,000,000, with a maximum contract value of £5,046,939 for the life of the contract.

Reasons for decision

In 2015/16, as part of the wider London sexual health transformation Programme, London Borough of Haringey initiated a review of locally commissioned services to scope their viability and effectiveness and ensure they were designed to meet the changing sexual health needs of local residents.

To gather a better understanding of the sexual and reproductive health needs of the Haringey population, the Council completed an Equality Impact Assessment (EQIA) and commissioned ‘Haringey Public Voice’ (Healthwatch) to conduct a survey on user experience relating to the existing services and to collate feedback on future models of service provision. The results showed that;

  • A significant number of Haringey residents (primarily <25years and women) chose to access contraception and sexual health/sexual reproductive health (CaSH/SRH) services ‘in area’ in Haringey as opposed to choosing to go ‘out of area’ compared to neighbouring boroughs1. (EQIA - London Sexual health transformation Programme 2015). Out of a total of 17,400 attendances into CaSH services by Haringey residents in 2015/16 – 13600 attendances (78%) were through the  ...  view the full minutes text for item 140