Healthcare at Swanwick Lodge Secure Children’s Home

NHS England South Central is planning a procurement for Primary Healthcare including GP and primary care and Children and Adolescent Mental Health secondary care for Swanwick Lodge – a 16 bed secure children’s home. The contract spend for 2014/15 is £216,000 for all services but only covers a 9-5 primary care service. We are looking for bids for a 24/7 primary care service and CAMHS service as per the service specifications.

NHS England South Central are seeking to commission an outcome focused primary healthcare and secondary CAMHS service, equivalent to that available to the local community, for Swanwick Lodge Secure Children’s Home. Swanwick Lodge is a purpose built local authority secure children’s home with mixed gender units, providing care for children aged between 10 and 17 years who are either remanded or sentenced by the criminal courts (Youth Justice Placements) or detained under s25 of the Children Act 1989 (Welfare Placements). The service is regulated by Ofsted (and is currently rated ‘Good’) and monitored by the Youth Justice Board against a block placement contract.

Bids must reflect the unique operation and specialist environment in which the service is to be delivered. It is envisioned that the contract will be delivered advocating a fully integrated prime provider model approach. The services to be provided include:

The services will exclude:

• Substance Misuse Provision

The Provider will be able to demonstrate the ability to provide management information from the system to ensure efficient access and where appropriate decommis-sion services that are not required. The successful Bidder will be expected to realise the opportunities to reduce health inequalities in minority groups such as BME Groups and those with a Learning Disability by improving access with the best use of services and minimising inappropriate out of prison activity.

Neither the Commissioner nor potential providers will be obligated to further commitment as a result of any initial expressions of interest. The Commissioner shall not be committed to any course of action as a result of issuing this advert or any invitation to participate or to submit a Bid Response in respect of this Procurement. The Commissioner shall not be bound to accept any Bid and reserves the right not to conclude a Contract for some or all of the Service(s) for which Bids are invited with one or more Bidders. The Commissioner reserves the right to amend, add to or withdraw all or any part of this Procurement at any time during the process.

There will be a bidder event to be held at Swanwick Lodge on Thursday 30th April, registration details are attached.