Purpose

To ensure we meet our statutory
responsibilities to provide community mental health services for
children and young people from April 2025

Content

Resolved:
 
To approve:
 

1.   
Wiltshire Council entering a 3-year extension to the jointly
commissioned Children and Adolescent Mental Health Service with
Bath and Northeast Somerset Council and the Integrated Care Board,
provided by Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust.

 

2.   
To approve the spend of £518,000 per year, for 3 years.
This is a total of £1,554,000 for the 3-year period.

 

3.   
To initiate a range of early help pilot programmes from existing
underspend in Children and Young Peoples Mental Health Service
provision to develop a strategic plan for the overarching review of
children and young people's mental health services to support the
recommissioning of services at the end of the extension
period.

 

4.   
To delegate authority to approve the extensions and all
associated documents to the Director Commissioning and Director of
Children’s Services in consultation with the Cabinet Member
for Children’s Services, Education and Skills.
 
Reason for
Decision:
 
Wiltshire Council
will continue to support early intervention and prevention and
increased
resilience in Children and Young Peoples mental health.
 
This will allow
Oxford Health to continue providing Child and Adolescent Mental
Health Services
(CAMHS) to Wiltshire’s community without a reduction in
service
provision.
 
The extension
period of 3 years will enable Wiltshire Council Commissioning
to
realise the
potential of recommissioning Children’s and Young Peoples
Mental
Health Services by
allowing time to complete a full and thorough review of the
mental health
services currently commissioned within the broad Wiltshire
system.
 
During this time a
range of initiatives will be piloted to inform the review of
children and young
people mental health services and ensure that future
commissioning
proposals are informed by successful programmes and
interventions.
 
Currently Wiltshire
Council are inputting £518,000 per annum into the CAMHS
contract, with the
ICB contributing £18,341,991. Additionally, the BSW ICB
fund
a further
£518,000 towards a range of mental health services
commissioned by
Wiltshire
Council.