A&E Navigators service for the Humber (South Bank)

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Value

£60,000

Classifications

  • Welfare services for children and young people

Tags

  • award

Submission Deadline

1 year ago

Published

1 year ago

Description

The Humber Violence Prevention Partnership (HVPP) is seeking quotations from suitably experienced organisations to provide a reliable and successful A&E Navigator service on the south bank of the Humber.

It is anticipated that the Contract shall be awarded in April 2024.
The duration of the contract will be twelve months. Work must begin in April 2024, and as far as possible should be completed by 31 March 2025.

The Humber Violence Prevention Partnership (VPP) is a Home Office-funded Violence Reduction Unit (VRU), established in summer 2022. VRUs exist to lead and co-ordinate the local response to preventing and reducing serious violence, utilising a public health approach to work with local partners.  This includes the Police and Crime Commissioner, Humberside Police, Humber local authorities, Youth Justice Teams, the local NHS Integrated Care Board, the OHID and the Probation Service.

Adopting a public health approach to reducing and preventing serious youth violence, the Humber VPP are seeking an experienced provider to support the delivery of an A&E Navigator programme on the south bank of the Humber. The activity will be focussed on the two A&E settings located within North Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital in Grimsby and Scunthorpe General Hospital).

All details relating to this award, including instructions of how to apply are included in the document available to download from this award notice.

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