Issue - meetings

Purpose: Contracts securing the provision of public health nursing (health visiting, school nursing and Family Nurse Partnership (FNP)) services from Solent NHS Trust are due to end on 30th June 2019. Arrangements need to be made to ensure continued provision of these services from 1^st July 2019. This paper by the Director of Children, Families and Education seeks a decision from Cabinet members for the future commissioning arrangements.

RECOMMENDED that the Cabinet:

(1)  Approves that the preferred option is selected to secure future provision of the Healthy Child Programme for Portsmouth families. The preferred option is, subject to the appropriate statutory consultation, to establish a partnership agreement between Portsmouth City Council and Solent NHS Trust under Section 75 of the National Health Service Act 2006 from 1st July 2019 for a term of three years, with possible further extension;

(2)  Delegates authority to the Director, Children, Families and Education, in consultation with

·         the Cabinet Member for Health, Wellbeing and Social Care,

·         the Cabinet Member for Children and Families,

·         the Director of Public Health,

·         the Section 151 officer (or their representative) and;

·         the City Solicitor (or their representative)

to enter into negotiations with Solent NHS Trust and to approve the terms of the Section 75 agreement; and

(3)  Authorises the City Solicitor to prepare and to execute the Section 75 Agreement to give effect to the terms approved as above.

The Cabinet:

(1)  Approved that the preferred option be selected to secure future provision of the Healthy Child Programme for Portsmouth families. The preferred option is, subject to the appropriate statutory consultation, to establish a partnership agreement between Portsmouth City Council and Solent NHS Trust under Section 75 of the National Health Service Act 2006 from 1st July 2019 for a term of three years, with possible further extension;

(2)  Delegated authority to the Director, Children, Families and Education, in consultation with

·         the Cabinet Member for Health, Wellbeing and Social Care,

·         the Cabinet Member for Children and Families,

·         the Director of Public Health,

·         the Section 151 officer (or their representative) and;

·         the City Solicitor (or their representative)

to enter into negotiations with Solent NHS Trust and to approve the terms of the Section 75 agreement; and

(3)  Authorised the City Solicitor to prepare and to execute the Section 75 Agreement to give effect to the terms approved as above.