Agenda item

Report of the London Borough of Hackney.

The Committee welcomed Gareth Wall, Head of Public Health Services for Adults at the London Borough of Hackney, to the meeting. Mr Wall presented a report on an agreement between the City of London and the London Borough of Hackney regarding the management of public health services. An agreement of this nature had been in place since April 2013 and was reviewed annually for content, activity and price.

Members discussed the report, and noted that a large proportion of spend went on sexual health (education and testing). This was demand-led, with individuals accessing care on a walk-in basis and costs recovered from the patient’s home borough. Mr Wall advised of an integrated tariff agreed across London to simplify and improve the cost recovery basis. In response to a Member’s question, Mr Wall reported that costs of care for City workers were currently met by the City of London Corporation, but that work was underway to improve the identification of patients’ home postcodes which, combined with the integrated tariff, would improve billing to the appropriate borough.

RESOLVED – That the report be noted.