Published date: 14 June 2017

Last edited date: 14 June 2017

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Closing: 7 July 2017

Contract summary

Industry

  • Health services - 85100000

Location of contract

London

Value of contract

£50,000

Procurement reference

PRJ 430

Published date

14 June 2017

Closing date

7 July 2017

Contract start date

1 September 2017

Contract end date

1 April 2018

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

National and local policy emphasises a need to embed prevention through deeper integration of primary care and community services. Social prescribing is one approach which has been widely cited as a care model to contribute towards this agenda. Social prescribing is a way of linking primary care patients with health or psycho-social issues, that could benefit from appropriate non-medical support, with sources of that within their local community.
A Community Navigator does this by supporting service users to access groups and activities in their local area. Through this GPs will make suitable referrals to social prescribing initiatives. This includes service users who are vulnerable, at risk groups such as: people with mild to moderate depression and anxiety; low income single parents; recently bereaved older people; people with long term conditions and frequent attendees in primary and secondary care. Implementation and expansion of social prescribing initiatives feature in both the Southwest London Sustainability and Transformation Plans and in the GP forward view

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Closing date and time:

10:00 am on 07.07.2017

About the buyer

Contact name

Juan Carosio

Address

75 - 77 Worship Street
London
EC2A 2DU
England

Email

nelcsu.clinical-procurement@nhs.net