Reference: D55586
Decision Maker: Director of Public Health
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: Yes
Is subject to call in?: Yes
Brief Description |
In 2018 Leeds City Council and Leeds Community Healthcare NHS Trust entered a cooperation agreement to provide specialist infection control services across LCH and the wider community of Leeds. This includes proactive infection control services such as training and reactive management of outbreaks including new and emerging infections.
Approval is being sought to implement a permanent variation to the existing co-operation agreement held with Leeds Community Healthcare NHS Trust - Community Infection Prevention and Control service. This is in order to secure robust infection prevention and control services, maintaining existing capacity and capability achieved through Covid outbreak management funding which has now ceased. As a result of the learning from the pandemic, the ongoing impact of Covid, the challenges of monkey pox, seasonal influenza and other infections the priority must remain to protect the most vulnerable and ensure health inequalities are addressed.
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Impact On Wards |
All |
Financial and procurement implications |
The value of the existing co-operation agreement is £529,200 per annum, the additional recurrent variation from April 2023 will be £416,000 per annum
Total budget/agreement from April 2023 will be £945,200 per annum which will be funded from the Public Health ring-fenced grant. |
Partnership working |
The variation of the co-operation agreement will enable Leeds Community Healthcare to continue to contribute to the ongoing Leeds system wide management approach to outbreak control led by Leeds City Council. The variation will also enable proactive infection prevention interventions across the population of Leeds thus reducing the burden of infections/outbreaks. |
The Director of Public Health has –
· Accepted the requirement to maintain resilient infection prevention services in Leeds, building on the learning from the Covid-19 pandemic.
· Approved the contract variation to the co-operation agreement for Community Infection Prevention and Control held with Leeds Community and Healthcare NHS Trust (LCH) (DN384500), in response to a sustained requirement to provide infection prevention services. This is at a cost of an additional £416,000 per annum from 1st April 2023 until the agreement expires or terminates.
Reason Key: Financial Impact>£500K;
Wards Affected: (All Wards);
Other reasons / organisations consulted
Briefings/Meetings.
Consultees
Executive Member for Public Health and Active Lifestyles, Director of Public Health, Chief Officer – Health Protection and Sexual Health.
Contact: Dawn Bailey, Chief Officer - Health Protection and Sexual Health 01133786023 Email: dawn.bailey2@leeds.gov.uk.
Publication date: 26/08/2022
Date of decision: 06/09/2022
Effective from: 14/09/2022
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