Reference: D54490
Decision Maker: Director of Public Health
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: No
Is subject to call in?: No
What decision has been taken?
(Set out all necessary decisions to be taken by the decision taker
including decisions in relation to exempt information, exemption
from call in etc.)
The Director of Public Health has approved to implement a 9-month
extension under variation 2 of the existing Co-operation agreement
(DN384500) held with Leeds Community Healthcare Trust by 9 months
from the 1st July 2022 to 31st March 2023. This will enable
enhanced and increased capacity and capability of the existing
Infection Prevention and Control Service to continue under the
existing agreement.
The Director of Public Health has noted this service is
commissioned by Public Health to Leeds Community Healthcare NHS
Trust (LCH) and is required to continue with the scaling up of this
service to continue to deliver on outbreak management and the
COVID-19 NHS Test and Trace programme.
The Director of Public Health has approved and noted the cost of
this extension for 9-months is £396,900 and this will enable
LCH to continue the increased capacity of the existing Leeds
Infection Control and Prevention service. The rationale for this
time period is due to the requirement to continue to effectively
manage the ongoing requirement for infection prevention and
management of COVID-19 and the need to have a robust agreement with
flexibility with this existing Provider. This will be achieved by
formally extending the variation agreement with Leeds Community
Healthcare NHS Trust to deliver this vitally important service.
This will be reviewed annually.
The Director of Public Health has approved to change the extension
provision from the 12 months in the original contract variation to
9 months. This will be confirmed by letter to LCH and both parties
will sign this agreement
The value of this extension is for a 9-month period (1st July 2022
to 31st March 2023) is £396,900. The funding for this
extension will be accounted for in the management of the
non-recurrent Public Health budget which includes the Health
Inequalities Fund.
Wards Affected: (All Wards);
Contact: Gail Evans 07891271167 Email: Gail.Evans@leeds.gov.uk.
Publication date: 24/09/2021
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