Decision details

On 4th June 2015 the chancellor announced a £200m reduction in non-NHS Department of Health spending, which has been translated into an in-year reduction in the Local Authority Public Health grants. The 2015/16 in year cut for Doncaster has now been confirmed at £1.464m or 6.2% (Letter from DOH 4th November 2015). The current assumption for the budget shortfall for 16/17 is £2.5m. The Comprehensive Spending Review (CSR) on 25th November 2015 also announced a further reduction in the size of the Public Health Grant.

To reduce the TriHealth contract value by £8,669 for remainder of 16/17 and £6,192 for 17/18. In order to manage the Public Health budget reductions, TriHealth Integrated Sexual Health Service will reduce the number of days of service provision at the town centre site(s) from six to five, by closing the Wednesday clinic, P2P service will be reduced from a visit to a contact in line with Project 3.

Option 1 - A paper detailing service change options was circulated. Closure of spoke clinics was also considered, however, it was decided that the service should remain community provision.