Decision details

Substance Misuse Recommission

Decision Maker: Adults and Health Committee

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Is Key decision?: Yes

Is subject to call in?: Yes

Purpose:

To seek approval from Adults and Health committee to award the All-Age Drugs and Alcohol Service through the Provider Selection Regime.

Decisions:

The Committee considered a report which sought approval to award the All-Age Drugs and Alcohol Service through the Provider Selection Regime, Dr Matt Atkinson, Consultant in Public Health and Nik Darwin, Senior Commissioning Manager.

 

The Committee were updated that service users could access a nearby rehabilitation facilities in Stoke-On-Trent, amongst others, and that the current provider was achieving success rates higher than the national average in several areas.

 

Members queried how success was assed across Cheshire East, and what was being delivered to children in schools.

 

Members were updated that the results were scrutinised by officers, and the service was delivered via a “hub and spoke” model to increase outreach and access across the Cheshire East.

 

Officers committed to provide a written response on the substance misuse work being undertaken within schools.

 

Officers committed to provide a written answer on what could be done to provide a holistic treatment journey for recovering users, to provide details of the grants which have been awarded, and details on what is in place for relapse prevention.

 

RESOLVED: (Unanimously)

 

That the Adults and Health Committee:

 

1.    Approve the procurement of the Cheshire East Substance Misuse Service through the Provider Selection Regime.

 

2.    Delegate authority to the Executive Director – Adults, Health and Integration to award the contract.

Report author: Hannah Gayle

Publication date: 22/01/2025

Date of decision: 20/01/2025

Decided at meeting: 20/01/2025 - Adults and Health Committee

Effective from: 30/01/2025

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