0-19 Public Health Nursing Service

Tender description

The Council is seeking to procure a 0-19 years public health nursing service for Bracknell Forest, to improve the health outcomes for the population of 0-19 year old children, young people and their families and to reduce health inequalities. The service will also support looked after children and young people up to 25 years. The service will consist of specialist community public health nurses (health visitors and school nurses) and skill mix teams who can provide expert information, assessments and interventions to families and work in partnership with a range of different agencies. The service will be responsible for leading and coordinating delivery of the Healthy Child Programme, working across a number of stakeholders, settings and organisations. The contract will be for an initial two-years, with an option to extend by up to a further three years (2+1+1+1). The contract start date is 1 April 2018. The total contract value is estimated between GBP2.6m and GBP6.5m depending on options and contract length.