Dementia - Post Diagnostic Support

Concepts

• dementia
• health and social work
• east lothian
• diagnostic support
• provision of dementia post diagnostic support
• diagnostic support pathway
• enhanced dementia practice level
• national dementia strategy
• social work
• behalf of east lothian health

Location

East Lothian

Description

Provision of Dementia Post Diagnostic Support (PDS) in East Lothian to meet the requirements of Scotland’s National Dementia Strategy

Total Quantity or Scope

East Lothian Council on behalf of East Lothian Health and Social Care Partnership, is seeing a suitable experienced and qualified provider for the provision of Dementia Post Diagnostic Support (PDS) to meet the requirements of Scotland’s National Dementia Strategy, for anyone who has been newly diagnosed with dementia. We have a statutory duty to deliver the Scottish Government’s commitment that everyone newly diagnosed with dementia is entitled to be offered a minimum of a year’s worth of post diagnostic support, coordinated by an appropriately trained and named Link Worker. The provision of the statutory Post Diagnostic Support will form one part of our wider post diagnostic support pathway aimed at enabling the person and carers to understand and adjust to the diagnosis, connect better and navigate through services as well as plan for future care. The service provider will be a key partner in informing and planning of services for individuals across the whole pathway, working with people with lived experience, their carers, third sector and community partners to deliver innovation in dementia care and support, provided locally across East Lothian. The service will require to operate flexibly across East Lothian and be integrated within NHS Lothian’s Primary Care and Older Adult Community Mental Health Services to ensure post diagnostic support is available at the point of diagnosis. Link Workers will be required to operate at the Enhanced Dementia Practice Level as defined within the Promoting Excellence Framework and deliver PDS in accordance with the National Dementia Strategy. If the individual does not move to the care-coordination phase, they should be able to access their named link worker again, whether within the year previously stipulated or not. The service will also be required to provide continuous data reporting to ELHSCP on national PDS indicators. Provision of PDS should be equitable across East Lothian, including for those individuals living in remote and rural areas. Support should be provided primarily "face to face" but can be delivered digitally in preference with individual wishes of people accessing the service. The contract(s) is anticipated to start in April 2023 for a 3 year period, with the option for the Council to extend by 2 further periods of 2 years. To participate in this opportunity expressions of interest must be submitted by 14 October 2022 via this notice or by e-mailing procurement@eastlothian.gov.uk. Additional information: Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015.

CPV Codes

• 85000000 - Health and social work services
• 85300000 - Social work and related services

Other Information

** PREVIEW NOTICE, please check Find a Tender for full details. ** Tenderers will require to evidence that they are suitably experienced and qualified in the delivery of the services and meet requirements with regard to levels of insurance, quality standards and financial standing. The contract will be awarded on the basis of evaluation of quality and price aspects of the proposed service. Full details are provided in the tender documentation which will be issued to parties that note interest in this requirement via this notice or by e-mailing procurement@eastlothian.gov.uk. It is anticipated that no further contract notice will be published for this requirement. To participate in this opportunity expressions of interest must be submitted by 14 October 2022 via this notice or by e-mailing procurement@eastlothian.gov.uk. Please note - II.3) Estimated date of publication of contract notice has been entered as 1 Nov 2022 to meet the PCS form requirements only and does not indicate confirmed timescales for any subsequent tender. NOTE: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the Public Contracts Scotland Web Site at https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=704694. (SC Ref:704694)