Agenda item

Report of the Director of Community and Children’s Services.

The Committee received the report of the Director of Community and Children’s Services and noted that from April 2013, local authorities had been mandated to provide comprehensive sexual health services to their residential population. This included open access to genito-urinary medicine (GUM) services, which include outpatient HIV services, HIV testing, specimen analysis and the dispensing of medication alongside a wider range of sexual health services.

Members noted as it was open access, City residents could access GUM services across the country and the City of London Corporation would be required to pay for it. Members noted that to date, the City of London Corporation had been working with local authorities across Waltham Forest, Hackney, Tower Hamlets and Newham to negotiate the tariffs and terms for payment with GUM providers who had the highest activity levels for our local authority areas. These negotiations had resulted in savings for each local authority.

Resolved – that Members approved the followed:

· Officers to work with local authorities in East London to conduct tariff

negotiations on an annual basis for the next three years (up to 2017/18) with

large GUM providers to secure competitive tariff rates, validate activity against

invoices, manage service requirements and issue the City’s financial terms

and conditions.

· Officers to publish default conditions for financial year 2015/16 on

the City of London Corporation website for other GUM providers who do not

partake in local tariff agreements, outlining:

· The City and Hackney proposed starting position for 2015/16 baseline tariff

rates and outlining our conditions to provide validation information against

invoices charged to the City;

· Notifying GUM providers that payments are processed for the City by LB

Hackney and of LB Hackney’s process for payment and expected compliance

with LB Hackney’s financial terms and condition requirements prior to being

paid.

·  A progress report be submitted to the Board in one year’s time.