UK Public Sector Contracts & Tenders

The NHS Long Term Plan makes a renewed commitment to improve and widen access to care for adults needing mental health support. The NHS Plan also promises to increase alternative forms of provision for those in crisis. Sanctuaries, safe havens and crisis cafes provide a more suitable alternative to A&E for many people experiencing mental health crisis, usually for people whose needs are escalating to crisis point, or who are experiencing a crisis, but do not necessarily have medical needs that require A&E admission Community crisis alternative services are commissioned through the NHS and local authorities, provided at relatively low costs, high satisfaction, and usually delivered by voluntary sector partners. Models such as crisis houses and acute day care services, host families and clinical decision units can also prevent admission. The NHS will work hand in hand with the voluntary sector and local authorities on these alternatives and ensuring they meet the needs of patients, carers and families. The contract is for three years with option to extend for a further two years. The contract value given in this notice is for the full five year term.

The NHS Long Term Plan makes a renewed commitment to improve and widen access to care for adults needing mental health support. The High Intensity User service contributes to the delivery of the NHS Long Term Plan by reducing demand in Urgent and Emergency Care. As part of the 2019/20 Operational Planning and Contracting Guidance, all health systems in England were advised to implement a High Intensity User service. The contract is for three years with option to extend for a further two years. The contract value given in this notice is for the full five year term

The Five Year Forward View for Mental Health set out clear recommendations on suicide prevention and reduction, and made a commitment to reduce suicides by 10% nationally by 2020/21. Alongside this, in 2018, Jeremy Hunt (then secretary of state for health and social care) announced a zero-suicide ambition for mental health inpatients. The preventing suicides in England strategy, March 2021 estimates that annually 800,000 people across the world die by suicide, with 5,316 people sadly taking their life in England in 2019. All areas of the country will receive investment in their services, by 2023 to 2024, to further support local suicide prevention plans. Alongside local plans, all ICS's will be working with the National Confidential Inquiry into Suicide and the National Collaborating Centre for Mental Health to improve quality and safety within their mental health services. This includes implementing evidence from their 20 years of reviews, such as 'Ten Ways to Improve Safety'. SY ICB have had a focus over the last few years on providing self-harm and suicide awareness training for all staff in primary care and running both a large-scale prevention campaign working with local organisations, and events that are accessible and relevant amongst males such as sport, leisure facilities and service industries. Part of the funding has been used to improve pathways and support for patients (including children and young people and people with personality disorder) presenting with self-harm, including in acute hospitals and mental health services. Finally, the ICS will consider consistent and cost-effective bereavement support pathways across the ICS, including enhancing data sharing agreements across organisations and improving real time surveillance. In addition to this as part of the Alternative approaches Service an element of funding in Doncaster is dedicated to providing support to people who have recently attempted suicide. The contract is for three years with two year extension. The value given in this notice is for the full five year term.

The Sheffield Dementia Strategy (2019-2024) was developed together by people living with dementia, their families, and the organisations working to support them. The strategy aims to make sure that people living with dementia of all ages and their families are supported to live to their full potential. It includes 13 commitments which describe how we will do this in Sheffield. Its development was linked to the Prime Minister's 2020 Challenge on Dementia. The Dementia Short Term Intervention Service was based on feedback from Primary Care and was initially a pilot project established in April 2020 to test a gap in the market. Its aim is to offer 1-1 support to people living with dementia who are starting to struggle with their situation and present at Primary Care or other contact point (such as Adult Social Care or from the voluntary sector). The service aims to prevent further deterioration and potential crisis. The evidence collected during the pilot period has shown the need for, and effectiveness of, this service. The service will contribute towards improving the care we provide to people with dementia. It will support people living with dementia who are starting to struggle with their situation and present at Primary Care or other contact point. It will aim to prevent further deterioration and potential crisis. The contract is for three years with option to extend for a further two years. The value given in this notice is for the full five year term.

NHS SYICB Sheffield is committed to a planned shift of care closer to the patient and their community making them more accessible and cost effective. SYICB Sheffield are looking to commission a single lead contractor to offer a range of Community Optometry Treatment Services (listed below) from existing optometry providers at scale across the city. There is a requirement for existing coverage across the city to be retained as a minimum. • Paediatric Referral Refinement (PRR) • Primary Eyecare Acute Referral Scheme (PEARS) • Triage of Optometrist Referrals to secondary care • Glaucoma Referral Refinement (GRR) • Contact Applanation Tonometry Service (CATS) The services outlined in the individual service specifications addresses the requirement to reduce unnecessary referrals to secondary care, thus improving the accessibility of services to patients and reducing pressure on local secondary care provision. The contract will be for a three year duration with an option to extend for a further one year. The value given in his notice is for the full 4 years.

The NHS Long Term Plan (LTP) makes a renewed commitment to improve and widen access to care for adults needing mental health support. The NHS LTP promises to increase alternative forms of provision within the community for those who need support with their mental health but do not need an NHS led service. The NHS LTP also commits to expanding provision to ensure survivors of sexual assault are offered integrated therapeutic mental health support, both after an incident and to provide ongoing care where needed. 1.10 The 2022-25 Doncaster Community Safety Strategy has a strong focus on tackling domestic and sexual abuse and reducing violence. The strategy commits to develop a longer term financial and commissioning strategy to ensure there are specialist services for victims of domestic abuse and sexual abuse. In 2019 Doncaster saw a spike in sexual abuse cases of 3.7% compared to the previous year in line with England. Doncaster Councils Crime and Community Safety Report highlights a reduction in sexual abuse and rape throughout 2020 and an increase in other sexual offences compared to 2019. Whilst the reduction in sexual abuse and rape cases are positive, it's important to note that the numbers remain high, the pandemic likely had an impact on the reporting of offences and the reduction is much lower than the South Yorkshire average. The contract is for three years with option to extend for a further two years. The value given in this notice is for the full five years.

1.9 Develop a web-based application for GP practices to contact their patients, in-bulk, via multiple messaging routes: SMS, NHSApp, WhatsApp, Email, Postal Letter. Additional information: This contract will be awarded via the Crown Commercial Services - Spark DPS framework

To provide a fully managed virtual ward service for the South Yorkshire region Additional information: This contract is awarded via the Crown Commercial Services Spark framework

The provider is commissioned to deliver locally enhanced services for the Rotherham population.

Provider is commissioned to deliver locally enhanced services for the Barnsley population integrated with their additional primary care contracts.

Provider is commissioned to deliver locally enhanced services for the Barnsley population integrated with their additional primary care contracts.

GP Locally Commissioned Services Contract

GP Locally Commissioned Services Contract

GP Locally Commissioned Services Contract

GP Locally Commissioned Services Contract

GP Locally Commissioned Services Contract

GP Locally Commissioned Services Contract

GP Locally Commissioned Services Contract

GP Locally Commissioned Services Contract

GP Locally Commissioned Services Contract