Decision details

The Cabinet Member: 

1.    Approved the competitive procurement of a Child Weight Management service.

2.    Approved the joint commissioning of this Child Weight Management service with Cambridgeshire County Council. 

3.    Approved the establishment of a Partnering and Delegation agreement between Peterborough City Council (PCC) and Cambridgeshire County Council (CCC). This agreement is for PCC to delegate authority to CCC to act as lead commissioner and undertake the procurement and to hold the contract for the Child Weight Management Service with the successful provider.

·         The ongoing high rates of childhood obesity

·         The percentage of overweight and very overweight children in reception and year 6 has increased since pre-pandemic levels.

·         There is currently no child weight management service in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough

·         This service procurement supports the Joint Health and Wellbeing/ Integrated Care System Strategy ambition of ‘Having better outcomes for our children’, and the priority of ‘Creating an environment to give people the opportunity to be as healthy as they can be’ 

·         Supports the Government target of halving childhood obesity by 2030

The alternative option would be to not commission this child weight management service. 

However, there is a clear need and there would be gap in the support of the Joint Health and Wellbeing and Integrated Care System Strategy priorities if the service was not commissioned.

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