NW2023-13 Talking Therapies Market Engagement - NHS Norfolk and Waveney ICB

The service shall provide community orientated, evidence-based psychological therapies to people in Norfolk and Waveney from the age of 16 year and over with 'common' mental health problems, such as low mood and anxiety-based needs. This model should be aligned to the NHS Talking Therapies Manual (2023) 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 and population wellbeing, relevant to the stage of life of the service user. This shall include an approach to support and intervention based on individual need and with fluidity over the course of individuals contact with the NHS Talking Therapies 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.

Further to this, the service will: • proactively engage with population groups and communities where there are recognised risks, low rates of engagement and/or health inequalities; • employ practices which actively include those who are seldom heard in NHS Talking Therapies services; • embed coproduction and service user involvement within service improvement projects; • take a proactive and strategic approach to system connection and planning for current and forecast population needs; • innovate to meet the needs of the population, communities and individuals in an effective and efficient way.

The aim of this Expression of Interest is to; 1. provide the market with visibility of the proposed opportunity; 2. support the ICB decision making to inform the future commissioning of services (as applicable); 3. to help define the future service approach and model; 4. to gauge the level of interest from the market of capable providers with capacity across the region to deliver the services noted above. 5. Invite interested Providers to attend a Market Engagement Event on Friday 22nd September 2023 at 1pm.

It is anticipated that the contract period will be for an initial period of 5 years with the option to extend for up to a further 2 years,

Please click the link below to view the full Find a Tender Service advert. https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/024014-2023.

To Register your Interest in attending the Market Engagement Event or seek additional information please use the link below and published ProJet reference: https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome. Project Reference C200686.

Additional information: Please note this is a market testing exercise and does not commit the ICB to carry out any further procurement process. Current services will remain in place during this period in line with existing contracts and service level agreements. Any future opportunity will be advertised in accordance with the regulations.

Please note this is a market testing exercise and does not commit the ICB to carry out any further procurement process. Current services will remain in place during this period in line with existing contracts and service level agreements.

Any future opportunity will be advertised in accordance with the regulations. It is anticipated that 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.

A draft specification and indicative contract value will be shared, via this portal, ahead of the market engagement event - both will be subject to review following the early engagement. The indicative timescales for the tender release date is scheduled for October 2023 but may be subject to change depending on the engagement feedback.

May we ask that you register your attendance for the Market Engagement Event via the messaging functionality within the Atamis portal. May we also ask you to note that the draft service specification and Engagement Questionnaire will not be immediately available and we anticipate they will be uploaded to the portal towards the end of August 2023.

To Register your Interest in attending the Market Engagement Event or seek additional information please use the link below and published ProJet reference: https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome. Project Reference C200686.