East Lancashire Substance Use Treatment Service

Concepts

• health and social work
• preston
• east lancashire
• east lancashire substance use treatment service
• lancashire county council
• service users
• recovery orientated adult substance misuse treatment services
• the wider east lancashire partnership
• a recovery-orientated community substance misuse treatment service
• use

Location

Preston

Description

The commission of: Recovery Orientated Adult Substance Misuse Treatment Services in East Lancashire. Lancashire County Council has a responsibility to make sure we do those things that will make the most difference in reducing poverty, discrimination, and inequality, and improving the quality of life for local people. This service is being commissioned at a time of great change and uncertainty in public finances. As such the contents of the Service Specification will be subject to review over the lifetime of the contract. Lancashire County Council expects a flexible and community focussed approach by the provider in such circumstances. The service specification describes a recovery-orientated community substance misuse treatment service for East Lancashire. The provider is expected to pro-actively integrate into the wider East Lancashire partnership in order to maximise the outcomes for service users, their families and carers and local communities. The initial contract period is 3 years with an option to extend for a period(s) of 2 years, and an additional option to extend for a period(s) of up to a further 2 years. The total maximum period of the contract is 7 years. Circa budget p/a 5 000 000 GBP.

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CPV Codes

• 85000000 - Health and social work services