Issue - meetings

Councillor C Hart introduced a report, which had been circulated in advance of the meeting, seeking authorisation to change arrangements for the reimbursement of the costs of stop smoking pharmacotherapy services.

Councillor Hart explained that the report would enable the process for the reimbursements of these costs to be done through officer delegation rather than a cabinet report which was a more efficient way of achieving the same outcome.

RESOLVED:

1)    To approve the reimbursement of prescription only smoking cessation pharmacotherapy product costs (Champix and Zyban only) to the Derby and Derbyshire CCG to a maximum cost of £326,150;

2)    To approve the delegation of authority to the Director of Public Health to authorise the reimbursement of stop smoking pharmacotherapy products available on prescription only from the financial year 2023-24 onwards; and

3)    That subject to the approval of the delegation, to note that the Monitoring Officer and Director of Legal and Democratic Services has the authority to include this delegation in Appendix A to Appendix 1 of the Constitution – Responsibility for Functions and will report the amendment to the Governance, Ethics and Standards Committee and Full Council for noting.