Purpose

To agree future commissioning plans for Integrated Sexual and
Reproductive Health (SRH) clinical services, and participation in
London-wide provision of the online “e-service” for SRH
services, after the existing contracts finish in 2025.

The Council currently participates in North-East London- and
London-wide collaborations to provide open access SRH services for
preventing STIs and providing contraception. This Key Decision will
allow for continued participation in these collaborations and set
the direction to collaboratively procure these services in
future.

Content

DECISION
 
Regarding in-clinic integrated sexual and reproductive health
services to:
 

Agree to enter into a collaborative commissioning process
together with Newham, Waltham Forest and Redbridge to secure a
joint contract, with participating boroughs as named parties, for
the provision of clinical Integrated sexual and reproductive health
(SRH) services; with the details of the contract to be based on
agreements with the collaborating boroughs and as set out in
paragraphs 3.27-3.37: a 5-year contract with the option for a
further 3 terms of one year each, the Council being able to choose
whether or not to take part in these extensions. The contract will
have an estimated maximum total contract value over 8 years for
Tower Hamlets of £30,988,015. This would be funded from the
public health grant.

 

Authorise the Director of Public Health to enter into a
contract with the selected provider following the joint procurement
set out in recommendation 1, and to make relevant amendments to
baselines or tariffs, following consultation with the Mayor, Lead
Member for Health, Wellbeing and Social Care, Head of the Legal
Services, and Chief Financial Officer.

 

Authorise the Director of Public Health to enter Tower Hamlets
as a named third party into contracts with SRH services elsewhere
in London, in order to enable cross-charging using the advantageous
London Integrated Sexual Health Tarriff where our residents use
those services, in consultation with the Lead Member for Health,
Wellbeing and Social Care.

 
Regarding the online London sexual health e-service SHL.UK
to:
 

Approve the continued intention to commission the London sexual
health and contraceptive e-service, SHL.UK from 2026.

 

Agree for the London Borough of Tower Hamlets to be named as a
Related Authority when the service is reprocured by the Lead
Authority, City of London Corporation, in 2025.

 

Approve the LB Tower Hamlets’ participation in the
procurement of a new contract for the provision of the London
sexual health and contraception e-service, as set out in paragraphs
3.48-3.55. The contract will be for an initial period of 5 years
from 2026/27 to 2031/32, with the option for two further periods of
two years each, the Council being able to choose whether or not to
take part in these extensions. The Council’s proportion of
the total contract spend over the nine years will be based on
activity levels, which are estimated to be in the range of
£1.1m to £1.4m per annum, or a combined total of
£11m over 9 years.

 
Authorise the Director of Public Health to sign the
Inter-authority agreement (IAA) with City of London Corporation,
and after the procurement exercise to enter into a contract with
the service supplier for provision of services for residents of the
London Borough of Tower Hamlets, following consultation with the
Mayor, Lead Member for Health, Wellbeing and Social Care, Head of
the Legal Services, and Chief Financial Officer.
 
Action by
CORPORATE DIRECTOR ADULT SOCIAL CARE
(S. BANERJEE)
Associate Director For Public Health – Healthy Adults (L.
Crosby)