Issue - meetings

Councillor C Hart introduced a report, which had been circulated in advance of the meeting, seeking agreement for the delivery of the Public Health Localities Programme from 1 April 2022.

RESOLVED to approve:

1)    The continuation of the Public Health Localities Programme and approach across the County for two years from 1 April 2022 costing £1.780m (£0.890m per annum), funded through the Public Health Grant and delivered by Borough and District based Health and Wellbeing Partnerships and distributed to organisations as set out in the financial considerations section of the report;

2)    The recommissioning of the countywide Raising Aspirations Programme, coordinated through the Public Health Localities Team, for the 2022-23 and 2023-24 academic years costing £0.231m funded through the Public Health Grant and commissioned on Derbyshire County Council’s behalf by the Bolsover Partnership;

3)    The establishment of a discretionary budget of up to £0.500m to enable the Localities Programme to support core priorities including Covid-19 recovery, integrated place-based working with Integrated Care System partners and deeper alignment with the Thriving Communities Approach. This is to be funded from a mix of core Public Health Grant and/or Covid-19 related funding as appropriate;

4)    That authority is delegated to the Director of Public Health to approve the distribution of funds via agreed local fundholders to local partners as required up to the value of £0.100m to enable the Localities Programme to be a mechanism for the delivery of Public Health priorities at a local level; and

5)    That a review of the Localities Programme commences in April 2023 to inform the next phase of the programme post March 2024, with a report to Cabinet in Quarter 4 of 2023-24.