SWL - South Croydon Weight Management & Wellbeing Pre Market Engagement

Description

NHS South West London Integrated Care Board (SWL ICB) is undertaking pre-market engagement to inform the potential commissioning of a South Croydon Targeted Weight Management and Wellbeing Behaviours Service. The proposed service comprises three locality-focused prevention programmes designed to address the differing population health needs within South Croydon: • Targeted Weight Management Prevention & Empowerment (South East Croydon) - supporting adults at elevated cardiometabolic risk to achieve sustainable behaviour change and clinically meaningful weight loss. • Carer Strain Support Prevention & Empowerment (South West Croydon) - providing targeted support to unpaid carers experiencing high levels of caring strain. • Loneliness & Social Connection Prevention & Empowerment (South West Croydon) - supporting older residents experiencing significant loneliness or social isolation. The service design reflects differing population health drivers across South Croydon localities. In South East Croydon, higher levels of adult obesity and physical inactivity create a need for targeted weight management support. In South West Croydon, the older population profile and prevalence of long-term conditions create increased demand for carer support and interventions that reduce social isolation. The service will focus on defined high-risk cohorts, including residents living in areas of socioeconomic deprivation, individuals from ethnic groups with elevated cardiometabolic risk at lower BMI thresholds, people living with severe mental illness, unpaid carers experiencing high caring strain, and older residents experiencing loneliness. The programmes will deliver structured behavioural interventions (typically 8-12 weeks), targeted outreach, and coordinated referral pathways with primary care, voluntary sector partners and existing public health services. The service is intended to complement rather than duplicate the Croydon Council commissioned Adult Healthy Behaviours Service, which provides a universal lifestyle offer across the borough. The service will contribute to reducing preventable morbidity and supporting residents to maintain independence by improving cardiometabolic health, reducing carer strain and addressing loneliness. Providers will be expected to demonstrate measurable outcomes using validated indicators such as clinically significant weight loss, reductions in carer strain and improvements in loneliness and mental wellbeing. The total indicative financial envelope for this service is £169,430 per annum covering delivery of all three programme components.