G5674 Healthwatch Tower Hamlets (HWTH)

Concepts

• tower hamlets
• health and social work
• healthwatch organisation tower hamlets council
• healthwatch tower hamlets
• g5674 healthwatch tower hamlets
• provision of a healthwatch service
• london borough of tower hamlets
• local healthwatch
• local authority
• social care act

Location

Description

The London Borough of Tower Hamlets is inviting tenders for the provision of a Healthwatch service in the borough from suitably qualified and experienced providers. The Authority is seeking to award a contract under the Light Touch Regime - Schedule 3 of the Public Contract Regulations 2015. The contract period is for 24 months with an option to extend for up to a further 24 months.

Total Quantity or Scope

The Health and Social Care Act 2012 requires each local authority to have in place a local Healthwatch organisation Tower Hamlets Council is committed to ensuring our local Healthwatch can be an effective consumer champion for our residents and make a difference through contributing and achieving improvements in the borough’s health and care system. The Council has agreed a refined service model for Healthwatch Tower Hamlets (HWTH) which draws on best practice and builds on the local achievements of our current provider. Going forward, HWTH will: • Carry out the statutory functions; • Be a representative corporate body, embedded in local communities; • Engage, involve and proactively reach out to the full range of diverse communities in Tower Hamlets, enabling residents to have their voices heard; • Act as local consumer champion representing the collective voice of local people (meaning patients, service users, carers and the public), on the borough’s Health and Wellbeing Board; • Develop robust partnerships with key health and social care stakeholders with a view of contributing towards positive outcomes for the residents • Have real influence with commissioners, providers, regulators and Healthwatch England using their knowledge of what matters to local people; and • Achieve tangible changes/ improvements (both small-scale and strategic) to local health and social services, through holding the system to account and identifying solutions to problems … The anticipated contract start date is 1st April 2022.

Renewal Options

Initial contract period is for 24 months with an option to extend for up to a further 24 months

Award Criteria

CPV Codes

• 85000000 - Health and social work services

Indicators

• This is a recurring contract.
• Options are available.
• Renewals are available.

Other Information

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