Decision - Dual Diagnosis

1.     That Cabinet confirms, in principle, support for the review’s recommendations as detailed in appendix 1.

2.     That Cabinet endorses the consideration of all the recommendations by the Working Age Mental Health Commissioning Strategy Working Group.

3.     That Cabinet request that the Working Age Mental Health Commissioning Strategy by presented to a future Cabinet meeting and made available to the members of the Scrutiny Review.

Cabinet is required to provide a response to scrutiny reviews. Having considered the review and its recommendations Cabinet is keen to ensure that the work of the scrutiny panel and those that gave evidence is made best use of.

An alternative option is to not accept the recommendations of the scrutiny review. However the detailed work and considered opinions of the experts in the field who contributed to the review are held to be accurate and valuable and thus should be considered as part of the development of the new commissioning strategy.