Decision details

Date of Decision:

18 July 2023

Title:

Officer Decision Record for the award of the contract variation to the 0-19s Integrated Public Health Nursing Service (IPHNS) with The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust (TRFT) for the provision of Family Hub activity.

Decision Maker:

(Including Job Title)

Ian Spicer – Strategic Director

Details of Specific Cabinet 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 award the contract variation to the 0-19 Integrated Public Health Nursing Service with The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust as per the Cabinet paper of 13 February 2023.

Reasons for the Decision:

Rotherham has been awarded the Family Hubs and Start for Life Grant. The Grant was made available to Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council by the Department of Education (DfE) and the Department for Health and Social Care (DHSC) as one of the 75 Local Authorities that were selected.

On 13 February 2023 Cabinet accepted the Grant funding and approved the approach to the governance and management of the Grant.

It is to be directly awarded to The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust as Health Visitors are already delivering the activities above as part of the current contract on a targeted basis, and therefore, the universal provision can only be delivered by the Service.

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

Reports or parts of reports considered

Officer Decision Record for the award of the contract variation to the 0-19s Integrated Public Health Nursing Service (IPHNS) with The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust (TRFT) for the provision of Family Hub activity

Approved by Ben Anderson Director of Public Health