Staffordshire Sexual Health Service (SSHS) in the County of Staffordshire

Staffordshire County Council (SCC) is running a Sexual Health bidder briefing event on 10th December 2015 at Staffordshire Place 1 - Trentham Room, Tipping Street, Stafford ST16 2DH from 10.00 am -12.00pm to inform you about the future procurement of a new ISHS to be launched in January 2016.

The ISHS will improve sexual health by providing easy access to services through open access ‘one stop shops’, where the majority of sexual health and contraceptive needs can be met on one site, usually by one health professional, in services with extended opening hours and accessible locations. We would also like to see a cultural shift, moving from a reactive, treatment dominated philosophy to a more proactive, preventative approach.

In order to achieve this model of care, a prime provider will be required who shall develop partnerships via subcontracting arrangements with other qualified and appropriate providers within primary care, third sector community services, and other agencies/organisations that have direct contact with target populations.

We wish all Providers of Sexual Health Services (covering every area from specific clinical care to more generic health promotion) to come along to this event.

Please email: shmarketevent@staffordshire.gov.uk to attend the event.

Also would any Providers interested in this future opportunity please;

• Register an expression of interest, using the above reference number for this process on our E tendering Alito system http://www.staffordshire.alito.co.uk/. A copy of the current draft Specification is available here for you to download and review.

For the avoidance of doubt this is a market engagement event and not a call for competition.