Agenda item

Report of the Commissioning and Performance Manager (Public Health).

The Board received a report of the Commissioning and Performance Manager informing Members that from April 2013, local authorities had been mandated to provide comprehensive sexual health services to their residential population. To date, the City of London Corporation had been working with local authorities across London to look at the potential of commissioning a Pan-London sexual health service which represents value for money for all authorities involved. The vision for this service had now been set, with a specification currently being

written by the authorities.

Resolved – that Members:

·       Agreed to take part in a joint procurement process organised on a sub-regional basis to commission sexual health GUM services;

·       Agreed to join a pan London procurement of a web based system to include a front end portal for advice, guidance and access to services including access to home/self-sampling kits for sexually transmitted infections;

·       Agreed to join a pan London procurement of a confidential partner notification

system.