Purpose

The purpose of the report is to set out the
context and rationale for a recommendation to Cabinet on the future
arrangements for the Strategic Partnership between Isle of Wight
Council and Hampshire County Council for the provision of Public
Health leadership upon the expiration of the current arrangement at
the end of August 2025.

Content

That Cabinet agree to not renew
the current Public Health Partnership arrangement
upon the expiration of the current
agreement at the end of August 2025.
 

That authority is delegated to the
Chief Executive, in consultation with Director of Public Health, to
explore the following options:

 

a)   
Appointment of a Director of
Public Health with the full service provided wholly in
house;
 

b)   
Seek to enter into a new
partnership arrangement with another local authority to share a
Director of Public Health and/or specialist posts with no change to
the current team provided in-house; with

 
The final structure of the
service to be agreed by Cabinet by the end of January 2025 to allow
for any new posts required to be recruited before the end of the
current agreement.

 
The cost of the structure
(new posts and/or partnership arrangement) should not exceed the
budget available for the current partnership arrangement funded
from the Public Health ringfence grant.