Health and social work services

Tender description

Portsmouth City Council (the Authority) has awarded contracts to suitably qualified and experienced provider organisations for the provision of Locally Commissioned Services. These services are in the areas of sexual health, smoking cessation, health checks, substance misuse (alcohol and drugs). The Authority has implemented a pseudo framework of providers to deliver these Services. The indicative value of all contracts under the framework is approximately 346 000 GBP per annum which will be offered on an initial 9 month basis with the proviso to extend for a further 4 years in increments to be agreed, subject to funding, performance and agreement of all parties. The contract start date is 1.7.2016. Contract for community based stop smoking support services to be delivered in existing community venues, by appropriately skilled staff who will support people to stop smoking and support the work of the more specialist service delivered in the well-being service. Contract for NHS Health Checks; a systematic prevention programme that assesses an individual's risk of heart disease, stroke, diabetes and kidney disease, once every 5 years. It is for people aged between 40 and 74 who have not been previously diagnosed with one of the above conditions, hypertension, or are currently receiving certain medications. Contract for NHS Health Checks Call/Recall & Data Processing to deliver the following: Call/Recall Process — To use GP clinical systems to identify Residents who are eligible for NHS Health Checks. — Invite those eligible Residents using the quinquennial call/recall process. — Invite Residents ensuring that the choice of all NHS Health Checks providers is offered within the invitation letter. Data Processing — To provide anonymous outcome data of Residents who have received a NHS Health Check from clinical system — To update clinical records of those Residents who have received a NHS Health Check from another Provider. Contract to increase the delivery of identification and brief advice (IBA) in community settings. IBA in turn should help to reduce the amount of people consuming alcohol at increasing or high risk levels. The service comprises of 3 levels of activity: — Alcohol screening for anyone using AUDIT-C tool; — Extended AUDIT screening and structured brief advice for increasing and high risk drinkers; — Referral to specialist service for high risk drinkers. Contract to provide access to sterile needles, syringes and sharps containers for return of used equipment and offer a confidential support and advice service. Contract to improve sexual health by; — Providing good local access to emergency contraception and sexual health advice — Increasing knowledge of the availability and effectiveness of emergency contraception — Referring individuals into mainstream contraceptive services for regular contraception advice and services — Increasing the knowledge of risks associated with sexually transmitted infections — Providing young people under the age of 25 with a supply of free condoms — Strengthening the local network of contraceptive and sexual health services in order to provide improved access to local services — To improve access to sexual health advice and services, especially at evenings and weekends when other services are closed — To refer clients at most risk of poor sexual health, especially under 18s, into mainstream sexual health services where appropriate. Contract to provide a fitting and removal service for LARC methods of contraception (IUS, IUD & sub-dermal contraceptive implants only) licensed in the UK for contraceptive purposes only.