Published date: 25 April 2022
Last edited date: 26 April 2022
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Opportunity (published 25 April 2022, last edited 26 April 2022)
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Contract summary
Industry
Education and training services - 80000000
Location of contract
LS1 4PL
Value of contract
£6,400,000
Procurement reference
CF-0795900D0O000000rwimUAA3
Published date
25 April 2022
Closing date
25 May 2022
Closing time
12pm
Contract start date
4 July 2022
Contract end date
3 July 2025
Contract type
Service contract
Procedure type
Open procedure (above threshold)
Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.
This procedure can be used for procurements above the relevant contract value threshold.
Contract is suitable for SMEs?
No
Contract is suitable for VCSEs?
No
Description
HEE is seeking to commission adult mental health training.
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 Mental Health and Wellbeing Practitioners will deliver collaborative care planning and specific wellbeing-focused psychologically-informed interventions - supporting increases capacity in community mental health teams and the shift to a more person-centred, psychologically-informed approach.
1.4 By delivering these functions, the intention of this new role is to release wider 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).
1.5 Mental Health Wellbeing Practitioners themselves will be trained in generic care planning competences and some specific wellbeing-focused psychologically informed interventions. 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 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. The first wave of training provision started in March 2022 . The second wave to start within NHS financial year 2022/2023.
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. Health Education England, in collaboration with NHSE, intends to commission training provision, commencing NHS financial year 22/23 to address service demand for this course regionally and nationally.
Further detail and the tender documents can be downloaded from the link below:
All HEE Oppertunities
https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome
https://atamis-1928--prospend.um8.visual.force.com/apex/CS_ContractPage?filters=&page=1&Previ
More information
Previous notice about this procurement
- Opportunity
- Published 25 April 2022, last edited 26 April 2022
About the buyer
Contact name
Mark Gilbert
Address
Blenheim House
Leeds
LS1 4PL
GB
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