Healthy Child Programme 0-19 Service

Concepts

• health and social work
• wigan
• universal health visiting services
• school nursing service
• healthy choices
• healthy communities
• the national child measurement programme
• the healthy child programme
• child
• healthy

Location

Wigan

Description

The Healthy Child Programme offers every family an evidence-base programme of interventions, including screening tests, immunisations, developmental reviews, and information and guidance to support parenting and healthy choices. It also outlines all services that children and families need to receive if they are to achieve their optimum health and wellbeing. The Healthy Child Programme remains universal in reach continuing to set out a range of public health interventions to build healthy communities for families and children, reducing inequalities and vulnerabilities. Within the 0 -19 service, the 0 to 5 years component provides universal health visiting services and the 5 to 19 years school nursing service. In addition to this mandatory delivery, the specification also includes the National Child Measurement Programme (NCMP) and infant feeding requirements of the Healthy Child Programme.

Award Detail

Award Criteria

CPV Codes

• 85000000 - Health and social work services

Indicators

• Award on basis of price.

Legal Justification

The Provider Selection Regime (PSR), effective from 1st January 2024, provides new legislation to support the long-term Plan for Health and the need to transform health and care systems. The aim is that PSR gives more flexibility for NHS, Council’s and partners to work in an integrated way. PSR allows for direct award via option C if the existing provider is satisfying its current contract and there is no significant change to the contracting arrangements.