PROVISION OF SPEECH AND LANGUAGE THERAPY SERVICES

Hillingdon Clinical Commissioning Group (HCCG) and London Borough Hillingdon (LBH) have a duty under the Children's and Families Act 2014 (and associated reforms to SEN legislation), to jointly commission and plan services for children and young people with special education needs. This requires integration between health, social care and educational services with a strong focus on improved outcomes for children and their families.

Shaping a Healthier Future¹ and Northwest London's Five-year Sustainability and Transformation Plan (STP) to 2020/21 aims to drive forward the 'whole systems' vision. The aim of the MED is for HCCG and LBH to explore a range of options around the delivery of a new innovative model of Integrated Therapy provision for the residents of LBH aged 0-25years working in partnership with schools, early years settings, parents and carers.

The therapies included are Occupational therapy, Speech and Language therapy and Physiotherapy. The contract term is intended to be for a period of 3 years, with a possible extension up to 2 years (1+1).

LBH invites providers with experience in delivering these services to participate in a Market Engagement Day (MED) event on Tuesday 31st July 2018 at 10.am London Borough of Hillingdon The Middlesex Suite Civic Centre High Street Uxbridge UB8 1UW If you participate in this market engagement you will not be given any advantage over other potential providers who express an interest, when LBH and HCCG commences the procurement for the service. LBH and HCCG wishes to ensure that this market engagement does not compromise or prejudice fair and open competition between potential providers in any future procurement.

LBH and the HCCG have provided a fixed point of contact for this market engagement exercise as set out in this PIN. Interested providers are requested to only use the contact details provided for all communication