Awarded contract

2425-0670 Nurse Outreach (Rough Sleepers) Services

Details

Buyer: London Borough of Islington
Supplier(s): The Whittington Health NHS Trust
Value: £50,000
Topic: Services provided by nurses
Published: 14 March 2025
Source: uk:find_a_tender

Tender description

The nurse outreach service, funded through the Rough Sleeping Initiative, coordinates safe hospital discharges for patients with a history of rough sleeping and provides health checks within seven days for individuals booked into emergency accommodations. This vital service offers flexible engagements with rough sleepers, providing support to access primary and secondary care, including joint outreach with the homeless outreach team and in-reach into hostels and Day Centres. The outreach nurse conducts health assessments, including assertive street outreach, supports individuals in accessing onward care, and is embedded within the wider rough sleeping multi-disciplinary team (MDT). This role addresses barriers to healthcare for homeless individuals, working to increase access and reduce emergency admissions. Lot 1: The procurement is for the Provision of Nurse Outreach (Rough Sleepers) Services. The service is aimed at enhancing healthcare access for individuals experiencing homelessness, addressing health inequalities faced by this group. The outreach nurse provides health assessments, including on the street via assertive outreach, and supports individuals to access onward care. Additional information: No additional information required.

Timeline

Completed: Award date28 February 2025
Completed: Award published14 March 2025
Current notice

About the buyer

London Borough of Islington is an inner London local authority with its own Strategic Procurement Team. A Progressive Procurement Strategy weighs social value at a minimum of 20% in every bid evaluation. The procurement team also runs workshops to help small and voluntary sector suppliers strengthen their bids.

Over the past 5 years, most of London Borough of Islington's contract awards have been in repair and maintenance, construction work and architectural and engineering services.

Decision makers

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