Issue - meetings

Award of School Health Service Contract

 

 

Meeting: 17/09/2024 - Lead Member for Adult Social Care and Health (Item 16)

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Report by the Director of Adult Social Care and Health

Minutes:

16.1     The Lead Member considered a report by the Director of Adult Social Care and Health together with exempt information contained in a later agenda item.

 

DECISIONS

 

16.2     The Lead Member RESOLVED to agree that the Provider Selection Regime Direct Award Process C procurement route is taken to award the School Health Service contract for 3 years from 1 January 2025 until 31 December 2027, with an option to extend for up to 24 months.

 

REASONS

 

16.3     Children and young people’s health needs have increased since the pandemic, including safeguarding, mental health, developmental issues, school readiness, pupil absence and attainment levels. There are also common unmet needs across the system in relation to continence, sleep, mental health, healthy weight, and in post-16 settings. The need for the healthy child programme that aims to bring together health, education and other main partners to deliver an effective programme for prevention and support is now of even greater importance.

 

16.4     The care delivered by school health teams continues to be an essential part of the response to and recovery from the pandemic, supporting families and communities through indirect impacts and ‘hidden harms’, especially in deprived communities and among the most vulnerable. The updated Healthy Child Programme is timely as the public health nursing system endeavours to work with the most vulnerable families. It is considered that the School Health Service under the current refreshed specification can respond effectively to emerging needs.

Meeting: 17/09/2024 - Lead Member for Adult Social Care and Health (Item 18)

Award of School Health Service Contract - Exempt Information

Report by the Director of Adult Social Care and Health.

Additional documents:

Minutes:

18.1     The Lead Member considered a report by the Director of Adult Social Care and Health which provided exempt information in support of an earlier item on the agenda.

 

DECISIONS

 

18.2     The Lead Member RESOLVED to note the exempt information in support of an earlier agenda item.

 

REASON

 

18.3     The report contained exempt information in relation to an earlier item on the agenda.