Purpose

The paper will outline proposals for the future design of Adult Substance Misuse Treatment and Recovery Services within the borough.

The paper will set out how we plan to deliver against local ambitions, as set out in the Combatting Drugs Partnership Substance Misuse Plan 2024 2027, for delivery of a world class treatment system.

Recommendations within this report will outline both our path to delivery of a Tower Hamlets service model as well as informing the commissioning of new contacted services from October 2025.

Decision

1. Approves the proposed Integrated Drug and Alcohol Treatment system model, which includes the co-location of the criminal justice team as an embedded delivery partner in an integrated multi-disciplinary treatment model.
2. Approves the continued core investment level for the integrated treatment system at £6,576,321 across contracted services and internal criminal justice teams.
3. Authorises the Corporate Director of Health and Adults Social Care in consultation with the Mayor, to award a 3-year contract with the option to Page 252 in the report submitted extend on a year-by-year basis for a further 2 years to the winning bidder or bidders in accordance with the results of a procurement process undertaken in 2025.
4. Approves the inclusion of a dedicated allocation for the culturally specific recovery service of £500k per annum to be delivered on an earlier timescale of July 2025.
5. Notes the timescales for delivery of a new fully integrated contracted model detailed in section 6.5.

Action by Corporate Director, Health and Adult Social Care (G. Chimbani)

Deputy Director Mental Health and Joint Commissioning (C. Kilpatrick)