NHS England and NHS Improvement (NHSE/I) South West - Mental Health Treatment Requirements (MHTRs) in Dorset and Devon & Torbay

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NHS England and NHS Improvement South West (the Commissioner) seeks to commission Mental Health Treatment Requirements (MHTRs) Services in Dorset, Devon and Torbay. MHTRs form part of the wider Community Sentence Treatment Requirements (CSTRs) Programme which is a partnership between the Ministry of Justice (MoJ), Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC), NHS England and NHS Improvement (NHSE/I), Public Health England (PHE) and Her Majesty's Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS). The CSTR Programme aims to develop pathways to enable and facilitate the increased use of all three treatment requirements: - Mental Health Treatment Requirements (MHTRs) - Drug Rehabilitation Requirements (DRRs) - Alcohol Treatment Requirements (ATRs) ATRs and DRRs in Dorset, Devon and Torbay are outside the scope of this procurement, beyond the co-ordination of CSTRs for combined orders. However, there is an expectation that MHTR and ATR & DRR providers will work closely together in the best interests of the service user, especially where it can be identified that a combined order is the best outcome. MHTR in the context of the CSTR programme is intended for the sentencing of individuals convicted of an offence(s) which has crossed the community order sentencing threshold and may be used as an alternative to short custodial sentences for individuals who may have range of mental health, personality disorder and psychological issues/vulnerabilities, which do not require forensic or secondary care treatment. The aims of the service are to: • Increase the proportion of offenders with mental health issues for whom an effective mental health treatment plan is in place. • Reduce re-offending by addressing the underlying causes of offending behaviour. • Prevent custodial sentences (especially short ones), by offering robust community treatment options. • Provide tailored mental health support to the most vulnerable offenders. Individuals supported by pilot sites included those who suffered from post-traumatic stress, trauma, bipolar, personality and phobia disorders, psychosis and ASD. This procurement is divided into the following 2 lots; providers may bid for 1 or both lots. 1. Dorset 2. Devon and Torbay Contracts will be for an initial term of 2 years and 6 months, with a possible extension of a further one year. The financial envelope relates to delivering an indicative volume of 120 MHTRs annually for the Dorset contract and 150 MHTRs annually for the Devon and Torbay contract. The Commissioner has a maximum financial envelope of £155,000 per annum for each lot. In addition to the funding for service delivery, £15,000.00 will be paid to the provider in year 1 of the contract to support the evaluation of the service during the life of the contract. Services are planned to commence on 01 October 2022.