Purpose

This report requests a variation to the Camden and
Islington Community Stop Smoking
Service provided by Central and North-West London NHS
Foundation Trust to increase capacity in the service and to deliver
the target quits as set out in the Local Stop Smoking Services and
Support Grant. This grant provides additional funding for local
stop smoking services and support over the next five financial
years, starting from 2024-25 until 2028-29.
 
This additional funding has been awarded based on the
understanding that the funding will be used to:
 

Invest in enhancing local authority commissioned stop
smoking services and support, in addition to and while maintaining
existing spend on these services and support from the public health
grant. This should not replace other/existing programmes which
support smokers to quit, for example the tobacco dependency
programme delivered within the NHS Long Term Plan;
Build capacity to deliver expanded local stop smoking
services and support;
Build demand for local stop smoking services and support;
and
Deliver increases in the number of people setting a quit
date and 4 week quit outcomes

 
Grant funding to the Council has only been confirmed for
the current financial year. Funding for subsequent years will be
subject to spending review settlements, following the routine
practice for all government expenditure.
Islington Council is the lead commissioner on this joint
service and will lead on the actual variation to the contract. Our
request of Camden is to agree for the increase in the contract
value, taking into account the original contract value and the
requested uplift.
 

Content

THAT the Director of Health and Wellbeing approves the variation
of the Camden and Islington Community Smoking Cessation contract
for an additional £149,549 in 2024/25 for the purpose of
delivering additional quits under the terms of the Local Stop
Smoking Service and Support Grant.