Health and social work services

Tender description

The NHS Health Check service is a national programme for adults in England between the ages of 40 to 74 years. It checks circulatory and vascular health and the risk of getting a disabling vascular disease. Under the Health and Social Care Act 2012, local authorities have a legal responsibility to commission and monitor their local health check programme. The contract starts on the 1.4.2019 for Milton Keynes local authority. Further details are available in the specification. Delivery of NHS Health Checks. Providers will be responsible for inviting the eligible population, providing NHS Health Checks and offering clinically appropriate lifestyle advice, risk factor management and medication. The detailed requirements are defined in the specification. Providers can bid for the contract as individual practices or groups of practices/partnerships. Where more than 1 practice bids then there should be an agreed representative who shall ensure that all practices meet the requirements of the contract and who shall support and manage providers to do this. All organisations wishing to deliver NHS Health Checks from 1.4.2019 onward will need to apply to join the Framework.