Decision Maker: Executive Member for Health & Adult Services
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: No
Is subject to call in?: No
The commissioning and future provision of the
Public Health 0-5 Healthy Child Programme.
A Key Decision is being sought as the service delivery is likely to
be significant in terms of its
effects on mare than one community.
*PLEASE NOTE This decision was originally
published on or near the date of the decision and so call in no
longer applies. It has been re-published as part of the change in
committee management system that we use.*
The Health and Social Care Act 2012 gave new statutory
responsibilities to local authorities
for the health of their populations. Held back from this transfer
was the 0-5 Healthy Child
Programme (HCP) which includes the commissioning of Health Visiting
Services by NHS
England from April 2013 to September 2015.
From the i’ October 2015, the commissioning responsibility
and funding for the 0-5 HCP
has transferred from NHS England to Local Authorities. The funding
for the 0-5 HCP is
£5 million per annum and will sit within the overall Public
Health budget.
The contract has been transferred under a deed of novation and the
term runs from l
October 2015 to 3O September 2016.
The Council is now legally required to procure
this Service.
Publication date: 06/05/2021
Date of decision: 06/01/2016