Decision Maker: Adults Social Care and Public Health Committee

Outcome: Recommendations Approved

Is Key Decision?: Yes

Is Callable In?: Yes

Date of Decision: March 4, 2025

Purpose: • This report is a key decision because it affects all wards and relates to financial decisions in excess of £500,000. • As part of the government’s national drugs strategy (2021), Wirral Council has received grant funding from central government to tackle drug-related harms each year. This report updates the Adult Social Care and Public Health Committee on the progress made in the delivery of these grant allocations. It also sets out the continued funding due to be received in 2025/26. This includes: - Supplementary Substance Misuse Treatment and Recovery (SSMTR) grant - Inpatient Detoxification grant - Individual Placement Support grant

Content:  Resolved – That   1.  The provision Delivery Plan outlined at appendix 1 of the report for the £4,376,408 Supplementary Substance Misuse Treatment and Recovery grant be approved. 2.  The provisional utilisation of the 2025/26 Inpatient Detoxification grant of £111,364 (indicative) be approved. 3.  The provisional utilisation of the 2025/26 grant funding for Individual Placement Support of £159,614 (indicative) be approved. 4.  The progress made to date in delivering the SSMTR, Inpatient Detoxification) and the Individual Placement Support programmes be noted. 5.  Delivery progress of the Wirral Drugs Strategy 2023/2027 be noted.