BAME (Black Asian Multi Ethnicity) Social Prescribing Service

Concepts

• health services
• colchester
• multi-ethnic backgrounds
• enhanced social prescribing models
• social prescribing access
• support services
• particularly primary medical services
• social prescribing
• this bame service
• the service offer

Location

Colchester

Description

Social Prescribing currently exists in Suffolk in a localised scheme across Ipswich and East Suffolk called Connect for Health. This BAME service looks to increase social prescribing access across Ipswich for the BAME/multi-cultural communities, to support non-medical interventions to provide improved health outcomes to support adult people with complex needs from multi-ethnic backgrounds to support ongoing work to reduce health inequalities. The service is based on enhanced social prescribing models for people with highly complex needs referred from Primary Care and designed to support them in the long-term. Support services and interventions already exist in the community, but additional capacity is required to enhance the service offer and access by health services, particularly primary medical services. The service will comprise drop-in, office-based and community-based support, personalised to the individual, using a "what matters to me" approach to create a personalised care and support plan with the person.

CPV Codes

• 85100000 - Health services

Other Information

This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) confirmation of contract award notice. This contract has been awarded under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contract Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award. This contract has now been formally awarded using direct award process C Contract award date: 9 April 2024 The dates between which the services are intended to be provided are: 01/04/2024 - 31/03/2025 Lifetime value of the contract is anticipated to be: Value excluding VAT: £61,729 There was no review during the standstill period.