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Sexual Health Provider Forum 14 th July 2015

This session will provide an overview of local authorities' position on commissioning community reproductive and sexual health services. It will also discuss the need for service redesign, the challenges ahead, and how participants will be kept informed. The session will cover the case for change, service redesign, and the transformation of services, as well as the support that will be provided and the procurement timetable.

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Sexual Health Provider Forum 14 th July 2015

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  1. Sexual Health Provider Forum 14th July 2015 Gaynor Driscoll - Head of Commissioning Helen Byrne – Senior Commissioning Manager sexualhealth@westminster.gov.uk

  2. Aims of the session • To give you an overview of: • Local Authorities position on commissioning community reproductive and sexual health services • The need to redesign services and allow for consistency • Difficult challenges ahead • How we will keep you informed • The next steps

  3. The case for change • Aligning commissioning with GUM transformation project • Services have evolved ad hoc across the three boroughs since the 1990s • Duplicated services • The contracts do not always reflect local need • Review the financial impact of the public health grant • Redesigning local services that will be flexible to the need of local residents

  4. Service redesign • Local Authority in year budget cuts • Reviewing the services and making informed decisions to sustain a system • Propose an extension to a small number of contracts • Consultation with range of stakeholders and service users • Modernise and change the design of services to reflect local need and to work alongside GUM • Develop the sexual health promotion within services via innovation and a flexible system

  5. Why are we transforming services? • Difficult decisions to be made • A number of services will not be extended post March 2016 • Equalities impact assessment has been completed and criteria set • Transforming services will result in these benefits • Improved and wider access to services via innovation • Improved signposting and better designed pathways for service users • Improving sexual health promotion for local residents • Localised service based on local need • Emphasis on user involvement and peer support • Breaking behavior patterns/repeat visits/treatments through early preventative interventions • Develop a “whole system approach” and integrated pathways

  6. How will we support? • One to one meetings with providers • Focus groups and forums to redesign the services • Support for services to build consortiums, and tender writing • Support for innovation and developing of the system • Development of communication and health promotion strategies

  7. Procurement timetable/activities • When the boroughs agree to extend contracts then we can: • Develop a new service specification • Implement new redesign of the service • Then we will: • Align the procurement of GUM and Community services • Follow a revised procurement timetable • Award contracts • Start mobilisation/service goes live 2015 – 2016/17

  8. Keeping you informed • Regular updates/newsletters/bulletins • Forums/meetings • Supplier engagement process • Contract monitoring meetings • Service redesign meetings

  9. Question and answer session

  10. The Substance Misuse, Sexual Health and Offenders Health Team

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