Decision details

Date of Decision:

17 June 2025

Title:

Officer Decision Record to award a contract (Work Order) to Connect Healthcare Rotherham CIC to deliver the additional activities required in the utilisation of the Local Stop Smoking Services and Support Grant 2025/26.

Decision Maker:

(Including Job Title)

Ian Spicer, Strategic Director of Adult Care, Housing and Public Health

Details of Specific Delegation

or

Delegation contained in the relevant Sub-Scheme of Delegation.

Under Section 4C3 of the Responsibilities for Functions document (App 9 of the Constitution) the Strategic Director of Adult Care, Housing and Public Health is authorised to discharge executive functions through the commissioning and provision of social services for adults and public health services for the whole population and delivery of housing for the Borough, including: -

3. Public Health (a) Commissioning and Quality (b) Health Improvement (c) Health Intelligence (d) Health Protection

Decision:

To agree to the award of a contract (Non-Core Work Order) to Connect Healthcare Rotherham CIC to receive funding for additional activity required in the utilisation of the Local Stop Smoking Services and Support Grant 2025/26

Reasons for the Decision:

Rotherham has been received the Local Stop Smoking Services and Support Grant 2024/25 of £398,587 for 2025/26. £344,845 of this has been allocated to Connect Healthcare Rotherham CIC (Connect) to continue the delivery of additional service provision relating to the Local Stop Smoking Services and Support Grant 2025/26 aims.

On 17 March 2025 Cabinet approved the Grant spending as part of the Confirmation of Supplementary Public Health Grants for 2025/26 paper.

The funding will stimulate additional quit attempts, link smokers to effective interventions, boost community stop-smoking service (CSSS) capacity, build professional competence, and strengthen partnerships within local healthcare systems.

Details of alternative options considered and rejected:

N/A

Conflicts of interest declared by any Cabinet Member consulted by the decision maker which relates to the decision:

None

Dispensations Granted:

(If any)

None

Conflicts of interest declared by the Decision Maker if they sit as a Cabinet appointed representative to an outside body which relates to the decision:

None

Dispensations Granted:

(If any)

None

Reports or parts of reports considered

Cabinet Report: Confirmation of Supplementary Public Health Grants for 2025/26 and approval of grant spend

Local Stop Smoking Services and Support Grant Officer Decision Report (Long Report)