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Health and Lifestyle Trainers Service

 

 

Meeting: 28/10/2014 - Cabinet (Item 4)

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Minutes:

Background:

 

This report advised Cabinet of a recommendation from the Health and Adult Social Care Overview and Scrutiny Committee relating to the forthcoming expiry of the Health and Lifestyle Trainers (HALT) contract with the Sunlight Development Trust. 

 

It was noted that the Overview and Scrutiny Committee, at its meeting on 30 September 2014, had recommended to Cabinet that no action be taken to end the contract until such time as an assessment has been undertaken of the extent to which ceasing the service would have an impact on future targets of the Council and future health of Medway residents. Details of the Committee’s discussion and recommendation were set out in section five of the report, with the documentation from the Chair of the Sunlight Development Trust, that had been circulated at that meeting, attached at Appendix 1 to the report.

 

The report detailed the background to the potential de-commissioning of the HALT service and provided details of the service. An impact assessment detailing the current service activity and the impact of stopping the service was attached at Appendix 2 to the report. To further assist the Cabinet in considering the impact of allowing the contract to expire, without re-procuring the service, a Diversity Impact Assessment setting out the likely impact of the cessation of the service was set out in Appendix 3 to the report.

 

It was also noted that a petition on this matter had been presented at Full Council on 16 October, details of which were set out in paragraph 6.2 of the report.

 

Councillor Price asked to address the Cabinet in his capacity as Chair of the Sunlight Development Trust Board of Trustees. He spoke in support of the benefits of the HALT service and as to the impact of cessation of the service on service users, stakeholders and staff.

 

Decision number:

Decision:

 

The Cabinet noted:

a)     the recommendation of the Health and Adult Social Care Overview and Scrutiny Committee, as set out in section 5 of the report, and the accompanying documentation from the Sunlight Development Trust, as set out at Appendix 1 to the report,

b)     the Impact Assessment, as set out at Appendix 2 to the report, and the Diversity Impact Assessment, as set out at Appendix 3 of the report, and

c)     that the existing contract for the Health Trainers Service will expire on 30 November 2014 without being re-procured.      

 

Reasons:

 

As requested by the Health and Adult Social Care Overview and Scrutiny Committee the Cabinet considered the current provision of the Health and Lifestyles service, which will discontinue on the termination of the existing contract on 30 November 2014, with due regard to a Diversity Impact Assessment and an impact assessment. These assessments set out the potential impact of ceasing the Health and Lifestyles service, as well as what actions that can be taken to mitigate impact.