PRJ-1069-SEL ICB-Long Term Conditions Courses

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The NHS SEL ICB is seeking expressions of interest for the delivery of peer-led structured education courses for people living with more than one long term condition(s) mental health courses and courses for carers in the London Borough of Southwark. . The Service will be for people registered with a General Practitioner or resident within Southwark. Services will be provided in accessible locations across the borough to ensure equitable access for all Southwark residents. The service will also be available via an online platform. This will be a hybrid model of face to face and online model. Personalised care is one of the five key priorities within the NHS Long Term Plan, which states that 'people will get more control over their own health and more personalised care when they need it.' Supported self-management and peer-led structured education is part of the NHS Long Term Plan's commitment to make personalised care the norm. The SEL Integrated Care System (ICS) Development Plan (last revised in March 2022) sets out the next chapter in the development of an 'integrated care system' for South East London. The ICS is a partnership and has identified the six system-wide priorities for improving care: • Preventing ill-health and supporting wellbeing; • Compassionate, whole person care, delivered in community wherever possible; • Rapid access to high quality specialist services when people need them; • Joined up care across health and other public services; • Addressing health inequalities; • Building resilient communities. Self-management support / peer -led structured education is a key element in the first and second priority and enables the last three priorities. Self-management is considered to be effective in improving health outcomes and is supported by clinical studies. Supporting and educating people to look after themselves improves their motivation, the extent to which they eat well and exercise, management of their symptoms, and clinical outcomes; and is evidenced to reduce their use of NHS resources. Following the programme, participants will have a better understanding of how they can support themselves as active self-managers. The contract will be offered for a period of two and a half years (2 ½ years). The contract length will be a maximum of 2 ½ years. The total value of the contract (over 2 ½ years is between £190,000-£229,000