Integrated Worcestershire Neighbourhood Health

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Provision of neighbourhood-based health interventions across Worcestershire designed to reduce avoidable Emergency Department attendances and non-elective hospital admissions by strengthening community, primary care and preventative pathways. Services include enhanced care-home support, falls and frailty interventions, alternative urgent-care pathways for children and young people, additional primary-care winter capacity and locally led neighbourhood initiatives.<br/><br/>The services form part of the 2026/27 Neighbourhood Health Investment Fund programme and are being commissioned as pilot interventions, with performance assessed against activity reduction, patient outcomes and use of alternatives to acute hospital care. Lot 1: Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust (the Contracting Authority) are seeking a suitably qualified and experienced provider to deliver Provision of neighbourhood-based health interventions across Worcestershire designed to reduce avoidable Emergency Department attendances and non-elective hospital admissions by strengthening community, primary care and preventative pathways. <br/><br/>The contract term, including mobilisation will be 16 months. The contract is expected to commence on 1st December 2026 and will end 31st March 2028. <br/><br/>The successful provider will be fully operational and managing services to patients from 1st December 2026. The 2026/27 investment will operate on a time-limited basis to test the impact and value for money of additional or expanded neighbourhood provision and support driving specifications, terms and conditions and KPIs/Objectives.<br/><br/>The total estimated contract value is £4m.