NLFT Voluntary and Community Sector Services

The NHS Long Term Plan and Community Mental Health Framework set out a transformative vision for community-based support for adults living with moderate to severe mental illness and complex needs. The aim of the Community Transformation programme is to deliver mental and physical health support to more people in the community with SMI by ensuring all parts of the primary and secondary health and social care system, including VCS organisations, work together.

An integrated care model brings all the agencies that support people with different mental health needs closer to help keep people safe and promote their contribution to and participation in their local communities. This is part of delivering person-centred, population health approaches that have an evidence-base in improving whole-life outcomes for people.

The Trust welcomes innovation and that provider(s) set out their ambitions and vision to deliver the services being tendered in line with the specification. However, the Trust would like to engage with suppliers/provider(s) to tailor key aspects of the services to ensure services complement the developing priorities in the Community Care Group.

Provider(s) are reassured that any tailoring will not impact on resources and costs post the contract award. A pre-market engagement session would be held on the 3rd of December and only suppliers registered on the Atamis Portal and Central Digital Platform will be invited to participate. Engagement activities, such as questionnaires, information sessions, or supplier briefings, will be managed through these platforms.