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Explore top opportunities in health and social care sector this week, including adult community health services in Bristol, supported accommodation for young people in Cambridgeshire, and integrated sexual health services in Cheshire East.
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New Health and Social Care Opportunities 10th-16th January
Top Opportunity One • Title – Adult community health services in Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire • Commissioner – Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire CCG • Contract Start and Length – 1st April 2020 for ten years • Total Contract Value – £1,050 • Service Summary – he Contract will cover all core adult community health services, focusing on four overarching service specifications: • Integrated locality teams focusing on relationships with primary care through regular multidisciplinary team meetings to support people who have relatively stable needs to manage and reduce the risk of acute worsening of their condition. Access to community services will be through a single point of access. • Urgent and reactive care teams working across localities to manage people who have acutely worsening conditions. This includes rapid response and has links to secondary care and community beds. • Specialist advice and support has clinical staff knowledgeable about specific conditions such as diabetes and heart failure. There is an expectation that the community service will strengthen links between secondary care and primary care and ensure that patients, carers and professionals are empowered to better understand and manage the condition. • Locality hubs are provided through physical building(s) and/or virtual connections of professionals within a locality that give people and professionals across a larger area access to services to support wellbeing and promote prevention and self-management. • Link
Top Opportunity Two • Title – Supported Accommodation Services for Looked After Young People Aged 16-18 • Commissioner – Cambridgeshire County Council and Peterborough City Council • Contract Start and Length – 22nd April 2019 for 3 years (+2+2+2+1) • Total Contract Value – £55m-£100m • Service Summary – The Councils are setting up an 'Open Framework' which will re-open at regular intervals. We expect the Open Framework to re-open annually, but it may open at other intervals at the discretion of the Councils. Supported Accommodation is one of a number of options for looked after young people and care leavers. It is defined as the provision of semi-independent accommodation and support for those eligible or relevant 16-18 year olds who are ready to live semi-independently, with support, in preparation for transition to independence. • Link
Top Opportunity Three • Title – Integrated Sexual Health Services • Commissioner – Cheshire East Borough Council • Contract Start and Length – 1st October 2019 for 5 years • Total Contract Value – £17.5m • Service Summary – The Service will: • Aim to build an open culture where everyone is able to make informed and responsible choices about relationships and sex; • Take the lead in reducing health inequalities and improving sexual health outcomes; • Play a key role in delivering both preventative and treatment interventions that will allow people to make informed decisions about relationships, sex and reproductive health, building personal resilience and promoting healthy choices; • Aim to improve sexual health by delivering a range of interventions across the life course, with a focus on community based preventative services that will reduce the demand on specialist services; • Provide open and easy access to evidence-based, cost-effective, high quality contraception and prevention services as well as the diagnosis and management of sexually transmitted infections; • Deliver both clinic based activity and outreach, and will identify targeted locations and convenient times to ensure that high risk groups are supported to achieve good sexual health; • Link