CP1162-15 Healthy Lifestyle Service

Tender description

Devon County Council (The Commissioner) are seeking to award further contracts for the delivery Healthy Lifestyle Services. The contracts will be for a duration of 3 years (36 months) with an option, at the discretion of the Commissioner, to extend for two further 12 month periods. The contracts are divided in to two Lots: Lot 1 ? Healthy Lifestyle Service ? Annual contract value £645,000 Lot 2 - Stop Smoking Service ? Annual contract value £250,000 Lot 1 ? Healthy Lifestyle Service Background: There are a number of daily contacts and opportunities in Devon where people can be encouraged and supported to make healthier choices to achieve long-term behaviour change (Making Every Contact Count).Within Devon there are 1,000?s of daily contacts between the public and health professionals, community groups, volunteers, families and friends. Each contact provides the opportunity for brief advice and/or brief intervention, including the offering of support and guiding people to helpful resources. In addition there are programmes such as the Devon Health Check programme (targeting 40-74 years) which delivers approximately 25,000 health checks per year. The health check provides an opportunity for the health professional to identify a number of lifestyle risk factors. The opportunity for the health professional to refer or recommend people to a Service which is capable of offering further support and guidance is critical. At present Devon County Council commissions a number of public health programmes and Services to support people to change their lifestyle behaviour. However these Services are not suitable for everyone. Devon is fortunate to have thriving communities which offer a variety of local groups, clubs, programmes, buildings and outside space which support and enable many people to remain physically and socially active. These ?community assets? are only used by some of Devon residents with many not aware of what is available locally to them. An improved ?system? of connecting people to potential local opportunities within the community(community assets) where they can get additional help and support to encourage and motivate them to change and maintain a healthy lifestyle is critical. Lot 1 Service Vision To design and create a new innovative healthy lifestyle Service which is capable of connecting, empowering, enabling and motivating Devon residents who wish to take responsibility for their own health and wellbeing to change their behaviour. This can be accessed from www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk