Tender for a 0-19 Healthy Child Programme Service (Health Visiting, Family Nurse Partnership and School Nursing)

Tender description

Ealing Council wishes to commission a single provider to deliver an Integrated 0 -19 Healthy Child Programme Service encompassing Health Visiting, Family Nurse Partnership and School Nursing, and targeted support with a range of health interventions for children and young people as a part of it’s Brighter Future Offer. Ealing Council’s vision for Brighter Futures is to protect and promote the wellbeing of children, young people and their families, to reduce inequalities and to improve a range of population health and wellbeing outcomes. These services are currently commissioned separately by the Council’s Public Health Team and the Council’s Children’s Services Commissioning Team. By integrating commissioning a redesign of the existing services aims to create a more integrated offer to families, there is also a significant opportunity to make services easier to access, reduce duplication and provide a better offer to children and families. By promoting early intervention, there is also scope to reduce demand on children’s health and social care services. Contract will be awarded for a 5 year term with an option for further 2 years extension subject to agreement. Keywords: London Borough of Ealing, 0-19 years Healthy Child Programme, Early Years, Health Visiting and FNP Tender, School Nursing Tender, Family Nurse Practioner