Health and social work services

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London Borough of Brent is seeking to engage with and obtain the views of providers of Health Visiting services. This is a pre-procurement exercise to help develop thinking on the way in which such services might be provided in London borough of Brent in the future. The information we receive will help the commissioners make decisions about the best approaches to take in commissioning Health Visiting services for Brent Council. To participate in the soft market testing exercise can you please download the questionnaire https://www.brent.gov.uk/your-council/partnerships/health-and-wellbeing-board/ complete and return to Lisa.taylor@harrow.gov.uk by Monday 4.7.2016. Brent Council is seeking to engage with the market in preparation of the upcoming procurement and would like to invite you to a market engagement/information event: Meeting Details: Title: Children's Public Health — Market Engagement Date: Tuesday 12.7.2016. Time: 14:00 — 17:00. 14:00 Arrival and registration 14:30 — 16:30 Main Event 16:30 — 17:00 wrap up / close Location: Boardroom 4, 3rd Floor at Brent Civic Centre, Engineers Way, Wembley, London, HA9 0FJ. To express your interest in to this event can you please register on the portal or via email to lisa.taylor@harrow.gov.uk Current Situation From 1.10.2015, Brent is under a legal duty to commission the Healthy Child Programme 0-5 pursuant to the Local Authorities (Public Health Functions and Entry to Premises by Local Healthwatch Representatives) and Local Authority (Public Health, Health and Well-being Boards and Health Scrutiny) (Amendment) Regulations 2015 (‘the Principal Regulations’) and therefore under a legal duty to secure the provision of the 5 mandated elements of the Healthy Child Programme 0-5. These are: — antenatal health promoting visits; — new baby review; — 6-8 week assessment (the health visitor or Family Nurse led check. The GP led 6-8 week check will continue to be commissioned by NHS England through Primary Care Commissioning). — 1 year assessment; and — 2-2½ year review. Brent's health visiting and FNP (‘Healthy Child Programme 0-5’) services are currently provided by London North West Healthcare Trust under a contract with NHSE London. Purpose of this document Brent Council is requesting information from you as part of a soft market testing exercise. This is to seek the market's views on the commissioning, future structure and provision of health visiting Services within Brent. We want to understand your views on the capacity of the market to supply these services and the level of interest in this proposed procurement activity. We also want to understand any barriers there may be to market entry and how these could be addressed.