Purpose

IMPORTANT: This decision notice was published on the
forward plan, however due to internal governance and administration
error, a decision to agree to proceed to consideration of the
proposals by the Council’s internal Contract &
Commissiong Board (which would make any recommendations to the
Corporate Director) was erroneously published against this decision
notice.
This decision (3323RES) will be
effectively re-taken and superseded (Key Decision Number
3323RESa).
The new decision is published under
the following notice:

Issue details - PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING - EXTENSION OF THE SECTION 75
AGREEMENT - (Key Decision Number 3323RESa) | Croydon
Council
Previous
text:
At the 12th July 2021 Cabinet meeting,
it was agreed to enter into a new s75 Agreement for Public Health
Nursing (PHN) – comprising Health Visiting (HV), School
Nursing (SN) and the Family Nurse Partnership (FNP) programme -
with Croydon Health Service (CHS), for the period 01 July 2021 to
31 March 2028.
The initial term of the
contractual Agreement (contract) being 2-years (to 31 July 2023),
with options to extend for further periods of 2-years (to 31 July
2025), plus 2-years (to 31 July 2027), plus 1-year (to 31 March
2028), subject to satisfactory progress in performance and at the
discretion of the Council. This method allows for 3 break clauses
in the contract to review service delivery and
performance.
The purpose of this report is
to provide the information required to approve the extension and
variation of the current Public Health Nursing Section 75 (s75)
Agreement. The extension period request is to March 2025, with a
contract value of £6.494m + inflation per year. The varied
service model will offer an Enhanced Health Visiting offer, in
place of the current Family Nurse Partnership (FNP) programme,
which will broaden the criteria for vulnerable families with
complex needs, thereby ensuring a wider reach and making it even
more inclusive and expand the Health Visiting programme to offer
five different levels based on the needs of families.
 

Content

For the reasons set out in the
report and Appendices, the Interim Assistant Chief Executive
AGREED:
 
3.1       To approve the
remainder of a permitted extension of the existing s75 Agreement
arrangement with CHS until 31 July 2027, on the understanding that
the s75 Agreement allows for the Council to terminate for
convenience - i.e. completion of procurement process and contract
awarded – as a permitted extension for the full period
combined with the ability to terminate early affords more
flexibility.
 
3.2       To note that the
value of the extension, being August 2025 – July 2027 is
£14,124,042 plus annual Agenda for Change (AfC) salary uplifts and inflation rates at
approximately 2% per year. The aggregated spend inclusive of the
extension is estimated to be £39,535,786, which remains
within the overall awarded contract value of
£48.982m