NHS BNSSG Integrated Care Board Provision for Poverty awareness and action programme

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BNSSG ICB is seeking to fund the delivery of a poverty awareness and action programme for our local NHS workforce. The intended outcomes from this programme are that: - The BNSSG NHS workforce becomes more aware of the health and care-related impacts of poverty and what can be done to address this. - NHS services improve their ability to reach and respond to those who are facing financial hardship. - Through this, we improve patient outcomes and reduce inequalities. Based on feedback from our providers, we are seeking to fund a model that offers the following: 1. Training: A one-hour introduction to poverty awareness and action. This awareness raising session will be offered online and will be available to all local NHS staff and provided online 2. A 'champions' programme: to include more in-depth training and support for champions to put this learning into practice through making changes in roles/services. The programme will be offered to a small number of identified workforce across our local NHS organisations including acute trusts, Primary Care and other providers. 3. Based on feedback from our providers, we are seeking to fund a model that offers the following: Training: A one-hour introduction to poverty awareness and action. This awareness raising session will be offered online and will be available to all local NHS staff and provided online. A 'champions' programme: to include more in-depth training and support for champions to put this learning into practice through making changes in roles/services. The programme will be offered to a small number of identified workforce across our local NHS organisations including acute trusts, Primary Care and other providers. The training provider will be expected to provide quarterly updates and an evaluation report upon completion of delivery. This should include information such as: - Quantitative information about the number of sessions delivered and the number of people attended. - Qualitative feedback from people who attend training sessions - their experience of the training and what has been learnt and the impact of this. - A detailed evaluation of the champions programme to consider its impact. The details of this to be agreed between BNSSG ICB and the training provider. The budget for the life of the contract is £30,000 (Ex. VAT) over the period of the contract. This exercise was carried out by NHS South, Central and West Commissioning Support Unit (SCW) on behalf of the Commissioner

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