NHS Rotherham Clinical Commissioning Group : Rotherham Safe Space Service

In September 2020 NHS England published the advancing-mental-health-equalities-strategy which reiterates that :

• Different groups access services differently, with underrepresentation in some services and overrepresentation in others. This is an inequality in access.
• Different groups report having different levels of satisfaction with the healthcare they receive. This is an inequality in experience.
• Different groups receiving the same treatment also have different recovery outcomes. This is an inequality in outcomes.

Local

The Rotherham Place Plan Reset: Assessment of Priorities (June 2021) has identified the following key priority:

MH/LD20: Develop at least one alternative crisis service to hospital admission.

The following local outcomes have been identified in relation to this Service:

• Reduced risk of deteriorating wellness.
• Reconnection to neighbourhood support, peers, friends.
• Reduced social isolation.
• Increase access to mental health support for underserved groups.
• Build trust, self-worth, and a practical recovery pathway.
• Facilitate and capture patient voice to drive service improvement.
• Supporting communities to enhance skills and knowledge to identify deteriorating mental health.

Any Tender which exceeds the Authority's available budget shall be treated as non-compliant and rejected. The available budget not to be exceeded is for the initial 14 months: In 2021/22 funding available to establish the model £25,000 - please note this is not recurrent funding. In 2022/23 funding available is £134,062 for staffing and delivery of the model. For 23/24 only available if option to extend is taken is £134,062. This figure includes all aspects of the service to be delivered, any bidder including caveats to this service may be considered as submitting a non-compliant bid. The value given in this notice is for the includes the 14 month contract and the option to extend for a further 12 months

Additional information:

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Tender Documents

• Opportunity notice on Contracts Finder → — Tender notice