Issue - meetings

That both a 6 and potential 12 month extension be accepted of the Health Visiting, School Nursing and Family Nurse Partnership service, giving a new expiry date of either April or September 2017, this will allow a period of time to work on the integration plans jointly; Public Health, Children’s Services and key stakeholders, both extension times have been requested to ensure that the integration is fully completed.

The Executive considered a report which proposed an extension of the existing provision of Health Visiting, Family Nurse Partnership (FNP) and School Nursing to enable a full re-modelling of the 0-19 service offering.

The Executive Member for Health and Wellbeing advised that an extension to the existing contract was being proposed which was within budget and would allow more time to negotiate a formal contract.

RESOLVED:  That both a 6 and potential 12 month extension be accepted of the Health Visiting, School Nursing and Family Nurse Partnership service, giving a new expiry date of either April or September 2017, this will allow a period of time to work on the integration plans jointly; Public Health, Children’s Services and key stakeholders, both extension times have been requested to ensure that the integration is fully completed.