Health and social work services

Tender description

CNWL is a successful NHS Foundation Trust that delivers around 300 different services and employs 7 000 staff. Offender Care (OC) sits as a Directorate within the Diggory Division within CNWL. Offender Care provides a Healthcare Assessment and Treatment service to people at all points along the Ministry of Justice (MOJ) custodial and Home Office (HO) detention pathways. The Offender Care motto is: ‘Caring not Judging’ Healthcare is provided at nine prisons and an Immigration Removal Centre. Offender care also provide mental health low secure inpatient beds and community forensic assessment and outreach services across Boroughs of London. GP practices, voluntary and community sector providers (with a proven track record of successfully delivering GP services) are invited to submit a proposal for the opportunity to provide GP services at: • Lot 1: HMP/YOI Felltham (4 + 2 years); • Lot 2: Surrey Prisons (HMP Highdown, HMP Send, HMP Downview and HMP Coldingley (1 year). The provider will employ GPs who will work collaboratively and in partnership with all prison healthcare professionals to deliver an integrated and young person’s centered service. Primary care healthcare professionals may include but are not limited to: advanced and emergency nurse practitioners, paramedics, pediatric nurses, healthcare assistants, nurse associates, pharmacists and other allied health professionals. GP and primary care healthcare professionals must possess the appropriate competencies and skills mix, including relevant and current qualifications in line with their specific role and the population of HMYOI Feltham, which should be evidenced and updated regularly. The provider will ensure there is a lead GP to provide robust clinical leadership at a local level and a clearly described hierarchy of leadership with links to clinical governance structures. Providers are invited to bid to develop a bespoke HMPYOI Feltham GP model of service that is able to support patients across two sites for an initial 4 years contract. Feltham Young Offenders Institution has two distinct populations. Young people — Feltham A (Age 17-19) There are currently six units in operation for young people including an induction unit. Each Unit holds up to 30 young people. A Side full capacity is 180. Young Adults — Feltham B (Age 19-21) There are seven units in operation the young adult side with a mixture of double and single accommodation. All standard residential units hold 56 young adults, with full capacity at 360. The proposal is funded for 12 months in the first instance through Central and North West London to provide GP services including depression and pain management clinics at the offender care sites within the Surrey Prison Cluster. The prisons in Surrey are HMP Highdown, HMP Send, HMP Downview and HMP Coldingley. Providers are invited to bid to develop a bespoke Surrey Prisons GP model of service that is able to support minimum of approximately 2 000 plus patients across four locations for an initial 12-month period.