United Kingdom-Maidstone: Health and social work services

'In relation to Kent County Council's Public Health DPS notice number: 323771-2014 The Council has up a Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) for Public Health Services to allow the Council to buy Public Health Services from a list of approved providers who meet a certain minimum standards and agree to a common set of contractual terms Approved providers will then be able to bid for the Council's contracts to deliver Public Health Services. Kent County Council (KCC) will shortly be inviting tenders from for an Alcohol Screening, Identification and Brief Advice (IBA) service to be delivered through pharmacies in Thanet and South Kent Coast as part of a six month pilot from February 2015. Identification and brief advice, or screening and brief advice', has been shown to lead to 1 in 8 people reducing their drinking: IBA is one of the most effective health interventions available to reduce alcohol related harm. The contracts will be require pharmacies to undertake opportunistic IBA interventions and use the advice, treatment and referral paths within the Kent Alcohol Integrated Care Pathway (AICP). Payment will be dependent on the number of IBAs delivered up to a maximum cap.'