Decision details

Investment within additional drug prevention, treatment and recovery provision within the city

Reference: D55310

Decision Maker: Director of Public Health

Is Key decision?: Yes

Is subject to call in?: Yes

Purpose:

Brief Description

Leeds City Council intends to accept additional funding from a number of sources including (but not limited to) The Probation Service, Office for Health Improvement and Disparities and Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities to invest in additional drug prevention, treatment and recovery provision within the city.

Leeds City Council intends to distribute this funding via the most suitable route for the delivery of drug and alcohol treatment and Integrated Offender Management (IOM) support services within the city.

Impact On Wards

All

Financial and procurement implications

This is a key decision as it concerns the expenditure of over £500,000 of funding, which the council is expected to receive via various grants and funding agreements. Full details will be provided within the forthcoming report.

Investments will be made using the most suitable route for the delivery of the drug and alcohol treatment and Integrated Offender Management (IOM) support services.

Partnership working

LCC is taking a lead role, whilst working closely with The Probation Service, Office for Health Improvement and Disparities, Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and the providers of drug and alcohol and offender support services within the city.

 

Decision:

 

The Director of Public Health :-

 

Accepteddrug and alcohol treatment grant monies from the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities (OHID) (£2,596,729 for 2022/23 for the Supplemental Substance Misuse Treatment and Recovery Grant, a maximum of £650,000 for the Rough Sleeping Drug and Alcohol Treatment Grant, the sub-region grant allocation of £354,805 per annum with the Leeds allocation of £195,061 for the Inpatient Detoxification Grant) and the Dependency and Recovery funding from the Probation Service (a maximum of £234,821 for 2022/23).

 

Approvedthe creation of new coordination and commissioning posts within Public Health and the Adults & Health Integrated Commissioning Team at a cost of £269,250 for 2022/23, and agree that future costs will be included in the funding proposals to OHID for 2023/24 and 2024/25.

 

Approved the retrospective allocation of £3,255,596 (see table point 19below) as a contract variation (payable in instalments) to the Community Drug and Alcohol Prevention, Treatment and Recovery Service (DN210921) (Forward Leeds) provided by Humankind for: additional harm reduction, treatment, wellbeing and recovery support; the drug and alcohol street-based lifestyle team; the management and administration of the inpatient detoxification grant and the enhanced criminal justice team from 1 April 2022 to 31 March 2023.

 

Approved the retrospective allocation of £75,000 to be used for drug and alcohol treatment and prescription costs incurred by Leeds City Council from 1 April to 31 March 2023

 

Approved the allocation of £80,962 as a contract variation (payable in instalments) to the IOM Support Service (DN387103) provided by Change Grow Live Services Ltd for additional support within criminal justice settings from 1 July 2022 to 31 March 2023.

 

Approved the allocation of £155,610 as a contract variation (payment in instalments) to the Residential Alcohol Detoxification and Rehabilitation Service (DN410850) provided by St Anne’s Community Services for additional residential detoxification and / or rehabilitation provision from 1 July 2022 to 31 March 2023.

 

 

Reason Key: Financial Impact>£500K;

Wards Affected: (All Wards);

Other reasons / organisations consulted

Briefings

 

Consultees

Executive Member for Public Health and Active Lifestyles.

 

Contact: Kate Daly, Commissioning and Contracts Officer 0113 3786027 Email: kate.daly@leeds.gov.uk.

Publication date: 25/05/2022

Date of decision: 06/06/2022

Effective from: 14/06/2022

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