Published date: 1 July 2021

Last edited date: 2 July 2021

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: 3 August 2021, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Education and training services - 80000000

  • Health and social work services - 85000000

Location of contract

United Kingdom

Value of contract

£3,800,000 to £4,000,000

Procurement reference

HEE001-DN553851-18679640

Published date

1 July 2021

Closing date

3 August 2021

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

1 January 2022

Contract end date

1 January 2025

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?

No

Description

1.1 Psychological therapies for people with severe mental health problems (PT-SMHP) are a key part of the new integrated offer for adults, as set out in the NHS Long-Term Plan. The support teams require in order to deliver these therapies is important as part of a team approach to delivering services.
1.2 HEE is currently working closely with NHSE to ensure the capacity and capability in the adult and older adult community mental health workforce to deliver a range of evidence based psychological therapies to improve quality and increase client choice across the system. The aim is to ensure all mental health services across England have access to high quality training in evidence based psychological therapies supported by effective and evidence-based interventions.
1.3 The intention of introducing this new role is to release team capacity so that mental health nurses, occupational therapists and others can have their job plans revised to allow them to train in and deliver psychological therapies (e.g., Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Dialectical Behaviour Therapy or Family Interventions).
1.4 Mental Health Wellbeing Practitioners themselves will be trained in generic care planning competences and some specific wellbeing-focused psychologically-informed interventions.
1.5 The primary intention of the MHWP role is to increase supply - as part of the need for 10,000 additional staff in adult community services, whilst also increasing capacity in the delivery of psychologically-informed interventions to support service users' wellbeing.
1.6 The NHSE/I and HEE Adult Mental Health Teams have been working with the PT-SMHP Working Group and associated Expert Reference Group to develop the curriculum and subsequently commission training, in association with representatives of the appointing service provider organisations, for Mental Health and Wellbeing Practitioners through 2021 - 2024.
1.7 A national curriculum has now been agreed (Annex I) for the training course based on expert consensus (including expertise by experience) and the best available evidence.
1.8 Health Education England, in collaboration with NHSE, intends to commission a training provision (Q4, 2020/21), to start in early 2022 to address service demand for this course.

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More information

Previous notice about this procurement

Developing a new practitioner role for psychological therapies - MHWP

  • Opportunity
  • Published 1 July 2021

Links

About the buyer

Contact name

Mark Gilbert

Address

1st Floor, Blenheim House
Duncombe Street
Leeds
LS1 4PL
England

Telephone

+44 0

Email

Mark.Gilbert@hee.nhs.uk

Website

https://hee.nhs.uk/