Decision details

To agree to commission a School-aged Prevention Service, building on the current Healthy Schools service.

Cabinet resolved:

1.    To commission a School-aged Health Improvement and Prevention Service across Peterborough in line with the emerging integrated place-based 5-19/25 model. This will add system capacity to the co-ordination of place-based services for this cohort as well as the provision of a ‘Healthy Schools’ online resource and accreditation scheme, and delivery of Public Health interventions.

2.    For Peterborough City Council to commission the service using a competitive process under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. The new contract shall commence on 1April 2025 for a duration of 2 years with the option to extend for a further 2+2 years (Total 6 years) subject to evaluation of the service.  

3.    To agree the annual budget of £150,000 p.a. funded by the public health grant for the first 2 years of the contract.

4.    To delegate authority to the Director of Public Health to award the contract to the successful bidder and exercise the option to extend after each of the two-year extension periods.

Options and reasons can be found in the attached report.