Primary care network mental wellbeing courses - NHS/SOEPS/22.863 - ITB

Descriptions

Providers/suppliers are invited to submit a bid for the supply and delivery of a series of Brighton and Hove (B&H) Primary Care Network (PCN) based mental wellbeing courses and workshops. Funding will be provided to develop and provide a range of full course, short courses, and individual workshops to each of the six PCNs within B&H. Courses and workshops provided will be based on each PCNs local population and health inequality needs. Standard courses or workshops should be offered on the following topics: •Managing overwhelming emotions •Living with suicidal thoughts •Managing anxiety •Five ways to wellbeing Anticipated contract start date = 03 October, 2022 Anticipated contract end date = 02 October, 2023 To allow greater flexibility of delivery should this be required, a time-based extension of 6 months will be allowed for which no additional funding will be payable. This is the maximum term for completion of the services. Bids submitted above the Maximum Financial Envelope will be excluded. The total financial envelope for the maximum 18 months is £114,000. Closing date and time for invitation to tender responses: 5pm on Friday 19th August, 2022. Tender documents are available at https://in-tendhost.co.uk/soepscommissioning/aspx/Home Aims: •Deliver a comprehensive offer of mental wellbeing courses to Brighton and Hove based PCNs which will provide additional capacity for primary care to meet the mental health needs of their local population •Offer a range of full courses, short courses, and individual workshops •Course offers and content that can flexibility meet the need of each PCN based on their population health and health inequality needs Objectives: •Increased service user insight and understanding of mental health •Provide service users with practical self-management tools •Support service users to development a personal action plan •Support service users to develop peer support relationships •Support service users to connect with the local community and wider support offers •Empower service users to access support from appropriate services in the future when the need arises •Reduced number of repeat contacts with primary care for mental health related needs •Improve the mental wellbeing of service users who complete the course •Improve servicer users' satisfaction with the support they receive in relation to their mental health This Invitation to Bid is open to any NHS organisation, Voluntary Community and Social Enterprise (VCSE), or Small Medium Enterprise (SME). Bidders must provide the quotation requested in this document and reply to those questions required.