Decision details

The Cabinet Member delegated the discretionary function of providing Mental Health Wellbeing and Recovery services to Cambridgeshire County Council. 

The recommendation to delegate the discretionary function of providing Mental Health Wellbeing and Recovery services to Cambridgeshire County Council and for a jointly procured Mental Health Recovery and Community Inclusion service is made on the following factors:

·         Improve service delivery and individual outcomes for people with mental health needs in Peterborough

·         Provide the opportunity to integrate with wider system changes across the mental health pathway in order to improve the continuity/seamlessness of care

·         Improved commissioning of services by aligning resources with CCC and CCG in order to increase capacity and improve outcomes for individuals by making better use of the resources invested

·         Working to Care Act principles to ‘Reduce, delay and prevent’ – ensuring the service provides an pathway to reduce referrals to more costly services

Alternative options considered:

1)    Peterborough City Council to re-tender a contract for Mental Health Wellbeing Services.  Rejected - Adopting a joint commissioning approach will save time and effort for both Commissioners and Procurement colleagues, as well as achieving an increase in aligned resources. A joint Project Group has been established to ensure all partners achieve their respective service requirements and outcomes throughout the tendering process.  There are economies of scale to be achieved and opportunities to improve the use of the invested resource by bringing the resources invested by the 3 organisations together

2)    Cut funding completely and stop Mental Health Wellbeing support services.  Rejected - Due to the adverse impact on the provision of this support and escalation of mental health crisis, impacting on more costly services.

None.

·         Local Government Act 1972

·         Local Government Act 2000

·         Equality Act 2010

·         Care Act 2014