Agenda item

Joint report of the Director of Community & Children’s Services and the Director of Commercial Services.

The Board received a joint report of the Director of Community & Children’s DCCS and the Director of Commercial Services seeking a decision for the City Corporation as lead Authority and accountable body to extend the E-services contract with Preventx Ltd.

Officers advised the Board that the reasoning to extend the contract was to ensure that adjustments could be made within adequate time, however the E-Services programme had received consistently positive feedback from service users.

Whilst the Chair acknowledged the cost savings listed in the report she requested for further clarification on the process of the programme once since there had been a shift to online provision. Officers confirmed that the shift to an online provision of the sexual health E-service programme maintained confidentiality whilst endorsing self-care since there were difficulties for some to attend appointments in-person. Work had been done to ensure a seamless provision between the E-services programme and the 13 acute clinics across London, and an inpatient consultation with a clinician was available if required.

Officers advised the Board that the data contained within this report could be expanded on the capabilities of matrix learning with other relevant partnerships and had a positive impact on further collaboration with these partnerships.

In response to this a Member raised query regarding the accuracy of the data and officers informed the Board that past issues relating to data inaccuracy had been resolved.

RESOLVED, that – the reports and its contents be noted.