Published date: 4 April 2024

Awarded contract - This means that the contract has been awarded to a supplier.


Closing: 11 September 2023, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Health services - 85100000

Location of contract

East Midlands

Value of contract

£202,000

Procurement reference

CF-2269200D0O000000rwimUAA

Published date

4 April 2024

Closing date

11 September 2023

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

1 January 2024

Contract end date

31 December 2024

Contract type

Not applicable

Procedure type

Other

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes


Description

NHS Northamptonshire Integrated Care Board (ICB) have awarded services under a Pilot arrangement for a period of 12months as part of the Severe Mental Illness (SMI) Outreach model. This contract is awarded as a grant agreement.

The SMI Outreach model includes the following:

o A dedicated team, comprising physical health nurses, smoking cessation advisors and health & wellbeing coaches.
o Engaging with GP practices to identify the top 20% of non-responding SMI patients (this equates to c.960 SMI patients in Northamptonshire, per year).
o Mobile testing equipment to allow a comprehensive physical health check in any location across the system.
o Smoking cessation advice, where applicable, including awareness-raising around smoking risks for SMI patients and access to Nicotine Replacement Therapies or local authority smoking cessation services.
o Adapted de-briefing sessions to explain the result of the health check including lifestyle and behaviour recommendations.
o Up to 6-week health and wellbeing coaching delivered by Peer Support Worker - to include community navigation, resolve access barriers and support new habit formation.

The provider will support:
o formation and mobilisation of a peripatetic team, including a clinical/ non-clinical skill mix that support the delivery of a comprehensive physical health check
o support relationships with GP practices in Northamptonshire or the East Midlands region
o work closely with Primary Care to ensure the Ardens SMI Health Check template is completed (in full) on both System 1 and EMIS clinical records, and in a way that ensure the health check is visibly completed on the Ardens Manager Platform
o mobilise equipment and facilities to deliver all aspects of the health check across a range of community locations, including within the patient's home.
o enable access to dedicated awareness-raising, advice, guidance and support for smoking cessation.
o enable access to focused debriefing, in which patients who receive a health check can be given opportunities to discuss the outcomes, clarify their understanding, and fully comprehend the recommendations for follow-up intervention.
o enable access to person-centred, needs-led guided support and intervention to bring about lifestyle and behaviour change
o work within the financial envelope of £202,000 per annum


Award information

Awarded date

19 February 2024

Contract start date

1 January 2024

Contract end date

31 December 2024

Total value of contract

£202,000

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

St Andrew's Healthcare

Address

Billing Road, Northampton, NN1 5DG

Reference

None


About the buyer

Contact name

AGEM Procurement Team

Address

Haylock House, Kettering Parkway, Venture Park
Kettering
NN15 6EY
GB

Email

agem.procurementnorthants@nhs.net