Decision details

This report provides transparency in the decision making of the Director of Public Health and DMT to receive funding from the Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire Integrated Care Board (BNSSG ICB) to cover the cost of grant funding to Brigstowe for the delivery of HIV community support services. These services will be provided for individuals diagnosed with HIV through the pilot HIV opt-out testing in ED research programme during 2024/25 and 2025/26.

The decision is for BCC to accept the funding that has been made available by NHS England for HIV community services to support those diagnosed with HIV at Bristol Royal Infirmary, Southmead Hospital and Weston General Hospital while participating in a national pilot to provide opt-out HIV testing to people attending ED. The funding for the pilot as a whole is being given to BNSSG ICB via a signed memorandum of understanding (MOU) between NHS England and BNSSG ICB. The community support funding will be given to BCC via a signed Section 256 MOU with the ICB. BCC will then award grant funding to Brigstowe for the HIV community support services.

Brigstowe supports anyone living with or affected by HIV in Bristol and the surrounding areas and is the most appropriate choice of provider for this service. Brigstowe has demonstrable and extensive experience in delivering community support to people living with HIV in and around Bristol, and have been the recipients of grant funding from Bristol City Council (BCC) to deliver such services since 2021.