Sexual health resource distribution for targeted high risk communities

2. II.2.4 and VI.3

Ahead of the The tender for the new sexual and reproductive health service for Hackney and the City will be going live at the end of December, and we will be hosting another short an information session on Friday 3 December, 7 January, 9-10am online. We will be in touch over the coming weeks with further information about tender dates and how to apply. This session on 7 January will be for organisations interested in submitting a bid to deliver the service, and will focus on the tender tend process itself and expectations of the City of London and Hackney Public Health team with regards to this. If you’d like to attend the session, please complete the form here: https://forms.gle/e7exaWaY6xBtyBNx9 Please note that there will not be opportunities to discuss input to the specification or and other tender documents during this session; there time; the session will be opportunity to seek clarification focused on the documents once the tender process is underway. itself. As a reminder, the service will be aimed at City of London and Hackney residents aged 16+, from Black and other minority ethnic communities with the aim of improving: · sexual and reproductive health outcomes · access to information and education about good sexual and reproductive health and wellbeing · access to, and awareness of, PrEP, STI testing, contraception including LARC, oral combined pill and emergency contraception · referral pathways between non-clinical and clinical settings We expect that the successful bidder will work closely with other services commissioned locally to support improved outcomes around sexual and reproductive health and wellbeing, to benefit from collaboration and to avoid duplication. We very much hope you will be able to join us. An agenda for the session, as well as joining instructions, will be shared nearer the time.