Issue - meetings

Report CS14119

The Council had a statutory duty to fund the healthwatch function under the Health and Social Care Act 2012. In 2013 Community Links Bromley had been awarded the contract; Healthwatch Bromley was now operating independently on Community Links Bromley and the report set out options for future delivery of the service.

The report proposed that funding should be reduced in successive years and Linda Gabriel asserted that this would mean less signposting and less information being provided. It was accepted that further discussion would be useful on the legal requirements and funding. 

RESOLVED that the recommendation to grant a waiver under Contract Procurement Rules to award a three year contract to Healthwatch Bromley from 1^st April 2015 be supported, subject to further discussions.