Family Nurse Partnership Services for NHS England AHW Area Team

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Greater East Midlands Commissioning Support Unit (GEM CSU) on behalf of NHS England Arden, Herefordshire and Worcestershire Area Team is carrying out an Open Procurement exercise for the commissioning of Family Nurse Partnership Services. This procurement is to commission 100 Family Nurse Partnership places across Worcestershire, in preparation of the 0-5 early years transition to Local Authority. Please see below anticipated timeline milestones: 1. Contract award – March 2015 2. Timeline for training – Wave 9a • Supervisor Training commences – 27th – 28th April 2015 and 17th June 2015 • Family Nurses Training commences – 13th – 17th July 2015 3. Services phased commencement – April to September 2015 4. Contract duration – 3 years with possibility of extension for 24 months The Family Nurse Partnership (FNP) is a licenced, evidenced-based, intensive nurse-led prevention and early intervention programme. The primary purpose is to improve the short and long term health and well-being outcomes of children born to first time vulnerable young mothers. The intervention is delivered through structured home visits, delivered by specially trained Family Nurses. The Department of Health is the license holder for the FNP programme in England and has the lead role for its strategic policy direction; this is so that similar outcomes to those identified in the original research can be achieved including a set of core model elements, fidelity stretch goals and materials to ensure the programme is delivered as set out in the license. http://www.fnp.nhs.uk/about/fnp-in-england. In order to fulfil the requirement of the licence, this will equate to 1 supervisor and a minimum of 4 FNP nurses.