Health services

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The Southend, Essex and Thurrock Transforming Care Partnership (TCP) consists of 3 local authorities (Essex County, Southend Borough and Thurrock Borough Councils) and 7 Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) (West Essex, Mid Essex, and North East Essex, Castle Point & Rochford, Basildon & Brentwood, Southend and Thurrock). The TCP is working to implement the new national service model for people with learning disabilities and/or autism that display behaviour that challenges, as described in “Building the Right Support”. Whilst recognising the need to transform local systems for those people specifically identified within Transforming Care, the TCP is committed to improving the life outcomes of all people with learning disabilities (who may also have a condition on the Autistic spectrum). We are therefore taking the opportunity to transform the wider health & social care system for all individuals with a learning disability. The Southend, Essex and Thurrock Transforming Care Partnership (TCP) consists of 3 local authorities (Essex County, Southend Borough and Thurrock Borough Councils) and 7 Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) (West Essex, Mid Essex, and North East Essex, Castle Point & Rochford, Basildon & Brentwood, Southend and Thurrock). The TCP is working to implement the new national service model for people with learning disabilities and / or autism that display behaviour that challenges, as described in “Building the Right Support”. Whilst recognising the need to transform local systems for those people specifically identified within Transforming Care, the TCP is committed to improving the life outcomes of all people with learning disabilities (who may also have a condition on the Autistic spectrum). We are therefore taking the opportunity to transform the wider health & social care system for all individuals with a learning disability. The Essex Transforming Care Partnership have been having detailed discussions with the wider market for health and social care services since 4.2017, this engagement has been used to (1) ensure the views of all relevant professionals are taken into account in designing the services and (2) understand the appetite of the specialist healthcare market to deliver the services. A PIN Notice and Request for Information (RFI) was published during 7.2017. The results of the RFI concluded that there was only one capable provider interested in delivering the services. Therefore, it is the CCGs intention to enter into a contract with one of the incumbent providers, Hertfordshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust who will be delivering the services as a lead provider and will hold sub contracting relationships with Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust and Anglian Community Enterprise. The governance committees of each CCG reviewed the options for this service and it has been agreed to award a contract to Hertfordshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, without prior publication of a call for competition. This is for a period of 7 years with the option to extend for up to a further 2 years.