Decision details

Having considered an officer report, and a presentation by the Cabinet

Member for Health, Well-Being & Older People, Councillor Chris Best, the

Mayor agreed that:

(1) having reviewed the comments from the Chief Officer of Lewisham Clinical

Commissioning Group (Appendix 12), including his request to reflect on the

£2m reduction in the Public Health budget agreed at Mayor & Cabinet in

September 2015; the decision be confirmed;

(2) the consultation activity as described be noted;

3) the proposals to deliver £800,000 savings from ‘staying healthy’ services

for obesity & physical activity, health improvement, smoking and NHS

Healthchecks be approved;

4) authority be delegated to the Executive Director for Resources and

Regeneration to approve the procurement process from Staying Healthy

services;

5) proposals for health visiting and school nursing services to deliver savings

of £1,714,728 be approved;

6) a competitive dialogue procurement process for tenders for Health

Visiting and Children’s Centres and a competitive tender process for School

Nursing with a proposed timeline, be approved;

7) the proposals for sexual health services outlined be noted and specifically

Mayor and Cabinet (Contracts) 21 October 2015 delegated authority to the

Executive Director for Resources and Regeneration to approve the

procurement process to deliver the proposals for savings of £500,000 from

Sexual Health services with sexual health for young people being included in

the specification for the teenage health and well-being service.