Community health services

Tender description

Shropshire Council wishes to procure a seamless 0-25 PH Nursing service that delivers the Healthy Child Programme through a progressive, proactive, innovative and collaborative approach. This new 0-25 Public Health Nursing Service will include all elements of the Healthy Child Programme from community through to universal partnership plus. Many of these elements are currently delivered, in conjunction with partner agencies, through Health Visiting, Family Nurse Partnership and School Nursing services. Shropshire Council wishes to procure a seamless 0-25 PH Nursing service that delivers the Healthy Child Programme through a progressive, proactive, innovative and collaborative approach. The new 0-25 Public Health Nursing Service will include all elements of the Healthy Child Programme from community through to universal partnership plus. Many of these elements are currently delivered, in conjunction with partner agencies, through Health Visiting, Family Nurse Partnership and School Nursing services. Health, wellbeing and resilience are essential to the development of all our children now and for their future. Evidence through the national Healthy Child Programme shows that we can achieve this through a strong children and young people's Public Health service. Local Authorities are now responsible for commissioning Public Health Nursing services for 0-19 year olds and up to 25 where additional needs are identified. This provides us with opportunities to develop these to ensure we are providing a coherent, effective, flexible approach that uses a greater skill mix of staff delivering services in homes, community settings, schools and FE colleges to meet the needs of the children and young people of Shropshire. The specification for this contract will: — provide an opportunity to tailor services to what is needed within localities and communities This contract will ensure the following service specific outcomes: — children and young people have an appropriate understanding and develop better self-management skills, including resilience; being ready to learn and ready for school; — parents and carers have improved knowledge, understanding and behaviours to develop better parenting skills and resilience; — an improved understanding by professional, voluntary and community sector workers of their respective roles in developing comprehensive support for children and young people; — safeguarding of children and young people and mandated health reviews are prioritised. A new, integrated and locality-focussed service will create greater opportunities for delivering a more coherent universal service that covers 0-25 year olds in Shropshire and ensure that those children, young people and families that need greater support can be identified and provided with continuity of care and support, where and when it is needed. This is a notice for Social and specific services in accordance with Directive 2014/24/EU Article74 being Public Health Services. Accordingly the Council will follow a process based on the principles of transparency. The Council will treat all economic operators equally and in a non-discriminatory way. The council will be looking, in relation to the delivery of this contract, for proposals from contractors that could help provide social value benefits within Shropshire where practicable and to maximise the social and economic impact of the proposed contract. Applicants should note that it is considered that the Employee ‘Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations “2006 (‘TUPE’) will apply to this contract. Applicants should also note that staff subject to a TUPE transfer may include transferring staff who originate from an NHS Body or other employer which participates automatically in the NHS Pension Scheme. Such staff (referred to as ”Eligible Employees’) are entitled to pension protection under the provisions of Fair Deal for Staff Pensions where they remain employed in connection with the 0-25 Public Health Nursing services. The Applicant will need to make appropriate pension provision for the Eligible Employees in accordance with the requirements set out in Section C of the proposed service agreement. Applicants are advised to seek their own legal advice regarding these matters. The contract will be for an initial period of 3 years commencing on the 1.10.2017 with the option to extend for a further period of up to 4 further 12 month periods exercisable by the Local Authority.