Health and social work services

Tender description

NHS England is seeking to procure healthcare provision for all prisons within the North East prison cluster. The scope of the service provision model currently comprises the populations of the seven prison establishments, as outlined below: HMP & YOI Durham Reception. HMP & YOI Low Newton Closed Female. HMP Frankland High Security. HMP Northumberland Cat C Trainer. HMP Holme House Cat C Trainer (and Drug Recovery Prison). HMP Kirklevington Grange Resettlement. HMYOI Deerbolt Closed Male YOI. The new service model will encompass the above prison establishments and the service model will comprise of the following service: — Prison Community Care Services, including Primary Care Nursing, GP, Substance Use (DART), Pharmacy, Administration, IM&T and IT Support. (Important note: If prison reconfiguration and reform results in new geographical locations or potentially new build establishments or prison re-roles then the contract holder will be required to respond accordingly and be flexible in how operational services are to be deployed). The new service model will encompass the prison establishments and the service model will comprise of the following service: — Prison Community Care Services, including Primary Care Nursing, GP, Substance Use (DART), Pharmacy, Administration, IM&T and IT Support. Dental services are not within the scope of the procurement but there is a requirement for the Community Care Service provider in particular to work with prison dentistry colleagues. Bidders need to note that HMP Holme House is designated as a national Drug Recovery Prison (DRP) pilot as a joint Ministry of Justice/NHS England three year project. This is will attract additional resources and significant Ministerial scrutiny during the first two years of the new service model.