Health and social work services

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NHS Rotherham CCG is seeking to appoint a single provider for the provision of a Social Prescribing service as outlined below. The service is required to be based in a community setting in Rotherham. Social Prescribing Service Prior Information Notice: NHS Rotherham CCG is seeking to appoint a single provider for the provision of a Social Prescribing service as outlined below. The service is required to be based in a community setting in Rotherham. National Context and Evidence Base: Over 17 000 000 people in the UK are living with a Long-Term Condition (LTC) and this number is expected to double by 2030. This population is proportionately higher users of health services and account for 55 % of GP appointments, 68 % of outpatient and A and E attendances, and 77 % of in-patient bed days. The public health white paper, “Healthy Lives, Healthy People”, stresses that “… it is not better treatment, but prevention — both primary and secondary … which is likely to deliver greater overall increases in healthy life expectancy.” This social prescribing model particularly focuses on secondary prevention, commissioning services that will prevent worsening health for those people with existing LTCs, and thus reduce costly interventions in specialist care. Social prescribing is an approach that links patients in primary care with non-medical sources of support within the community. Engaging with third sector providers in an effective way can lead to: — better outcomes for people with LTCs (social and clinical) and Mental Health issues, — more cost effective use of NHS resources (and social care), — widening of the local provider base. “Social prescribing is a catch-all term for non-medical services that aim to prevent worsening health for people with long-term health conditions. In recent years locality-based social prescribing services have increasingly been developed by health and social care commissioners to provide a mechanism for linking patients in primary care with sources of social, therapeutic and practical support in the voluntary and community sector. Social prescribing is being promoted by the Department of Health and NHS England as a vital component in the transformation and integration of health and social care.” Third sector providers can complement the services that people with LTCs and Mental Health issues already receive from the NHS. Third sector organisations provide flexible, locally appropriate services that help individuals with various aspects of their self-management. Different people will have different needs. RCCG is seeking to appoint a single provider for this Service, the envisaged start day is to be 1.4.2019. The contract will be for 3 years with an option to extend for 2 years, subject to agreement by both parties. The contract mechanism in the form of block contract: There is an anticipated contract value range of 760 000 GBP per annum. The purpose of this PIN is to identify any organisations interested in providing this Service to engage with the CCG. The CCG would like potential providers to express an interest by submitting a detailed written overview of the Service they can provide which meets the objectives outlined in this briefing. The CCG are not liable for any costs incurred by those expressing an interest in this PIN or, for any future tendering activity. Please submit your expressions of interest in a written document, maximum of 1 500 words. Please send your submission through the NHS Sourcing portal by the deadline of noon on the 18.10.2018.