Issue - meetings

Background:

The report sought approval from the Cabinet to commence the procurement of the Medway Young Persons Wellbeing Service. Both the Joint Commissioning Management Group (JCMG) and the Procurement Board had recommended this project be given approval. The final service model and high level service specification was attached at Appendix 2 to the report.

The report also highlighted to Cabinet that, if approved, the service would be procured as an NHS contract with NHS terms and conditions and Medway Council an Associate to that contract. This was in the light of the funding breakdown in section 1.4 of the report and the clinical nature of some aspects of the service.

The Health and Wellbeing Board and the Children and Young People Overview and Scrutiny Committee had both considered reports on this matter and their comments were set out in paragraph 6 of the report.

Reasons:

To have made a commitment for Medway to pursue an integrated Young Person’s Wellbeing Service on a Medway population footprint.

The expiry of the existing joint Kent and Medway contract for Tier 3 CAMHS provision on 31 August 2017 and agreement that Medway will not be participating in the joint re-procurement of this service.

That there was a clear mandate for change in line with the Draft Service Model and public consultation carried out between April and July 2016.