Talking Therapies Service NHS Norfolk and Waveney Integrated Care Board

Descriptions

NHS Norfolk and Waveney Integrated Care Board (referred to as the Commissioner) are inviting suitably qualified Providers to express their interest in the Provision of NHS Talking Therapies Service.The service shall provide community orientated, evidence-based psychological therapies to people in Norfolk and Waveney from the age of 16 years with 'common' mental health problems - aligned to the NHS Talking Therapies Manual (2023) (formerly known as Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT)) and locally branded as the "TheWellbeing Service" - and support the Norfolk and Waveney Mental Health ambitions.The service shall be flexible and responsive to the population needs and operate a biopsychosocial model of care; taking an individual's needs into consideration to plan holistic and integrated interventions to improve population wellbeing, relevant to the stage of life of the service user. This shall include an approach to support intervention based on individual need and with fluidity over the course of individuals contact with the NHS TalkingTherapies service – providing a service that can adapt and move people through appropriate types of support in the service as needs indicate. The service will work closely with local communities, providers, and the Integrated Care System (ICS) to ensure this is implemented effectively and the service will ensure people receive warm handovers to other services which can support their mental health and the wider determinants of mental health.The contract period will be for an initial period of 5 years with the option to extend for up to a further 2 years, commencing 1st September 2024. The annual Contract value is circa £21m per annum plus potential but not guaranteed DWP funding which for 23/24 was £682k.To express interest and participate in the tender, please register and apply via Atamis e-sourcing portal https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome. Project C215674.