Agenda item

Public Health Grants for 2026/27

Report from the Executive Director of Adult Care, Housing and Public Health.

 

Recommendations:

 

That Cabinet:

1.    Note the changes in the Government’s approach to the allocation of Public Health Grant;

2.    Approve spending plans for Rotherham’s Public Health Grant outlined in the Report;

3.    Delegate authority to the Director of Public Health to recommission the Drug and Alcohol contract with the protected Drug and Alcohol budget;
 

4.    Delegate authority to the Director of Public Health (within the protected stop smoking budgets in the public health grant) to commission services designed to enable the Council to make progress in achieving a smoke free generation in line with the plans from central government.

 

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