Hammersmith and Fulham has approved the first two-year extension of its Young People’s Integrated Substance Misuse and Sexual Health service, known as ISMASH, keeping the borough-wide contract in place from 1 October 2026 to 30 September 2028 if the decision is not called in.
The decision, dated 30 September, is recorded as a key decision affecting all wards in the borough. It is listed as approved subject to call-in, with a call-in deadline of 5 October and a stated date of 6 October for the decision to come into force if no call-in is made.
Extension covers all wards until 2028
The approval authorises the first of two available two-year extension options under the ISMASH contract. The original arrangement ran for three years from 1 October 2023 to 30 September 2026, with provision for two further two-year periods. The newly approved extension covers the period immediately after that original term, from 1 October 2026 to 30 September 2028.
The decision record lists the Executive Director of People as the decision maker, while the resolution states that the Deputy Leader responsible for Health and Social Care and Children and Education approves the extension. Because the decision remains within the call-in period, it should not be treated as fully operative until the stated effective date, provided it is not called in.
The council has classified the matter as a key decision because of the relevant expenditure or income threshold. Current financial appendices are not public, so the value of the 2026 extension and any detailed commercial terms have not been disclosed in the public decision record.
Service combines substance-misuse and sexual-health support
ISMASH is a young people’s service combining substance-misuse and sexual-health support. At the time of the original 2023 award, the service model was described as integrating those areas of support, with links to family hubs, online and social-media outreach, and support for parents and carers forming part of the changes associated with the contract.
The service is borough-wide, rather than limited to a single neighbourhood or ward. Its remit concerns sensitive health support for young people, and the public decision record does not identify any service users or disclose case-level information.
The 2023 award named Turning Point as the provider for the original three-year contract. That award set an initial value of £600,000 for the 2023 to 2026 period and described a potential seven-year maximum value of £1.4 million if all extension options were used. Those figures relate to the original award framework; no separate public value has been confirmed for the newly approved 2026 extension.
Decision remains subject to call-in
The call-in process means the approval is not yet beyond challenge within the council’s decision-making arrangements. The current record states that recommendations have been approved subject to call-in, with 5 October as the deadline. If the decision is not called in, it is due to come into force on 6 October.
The issue history for the decision records that notice of the proposed decision was first published on 18 August 2026. The 30 September approval therefore follows the earlier publication of the proposed decision and confirms the council’s intention to use the first extension option available under the contract.
No current public appendix gives the extension price, and the decision record does not disclose performance data or any new service changes attached to the 2026 extension. The confirmed public position is that the borough has approved continued delivery of the integrated young people’s service for a further two years, pending the outcome of the call-in period.
