NHSWYICB - Calderdale Roving and Vaccine Hesitancy/Health Inequalities Service

Concepts

• wakefield
• general practitioner
• covid-19 vaccination
• vaccination
• vaccinations
• inequalities
• calderdale
• roving
• vaccine
• nhswyicb

Location

Wakefield

Description

Calderdale PCNs will undertake specific targeted work to improve access to, and uptake, for vaccinations for 75 year olds and over, or those with immunosuppression, tackling any access to technology issues and also hesitancy. The team will specifically target those at risk of health inequalities who are aged 75 and over who may not have received vaccination due to hesitancy, or access needs such as transport, or lack of digital access (e.g. mobile phones or internet).Where there is particularly low uptake in certain practices, practices will target the 75 and overs including housebound who have not previously had their Covid vaccination due to a variety of reasons.Practices will:- Increase vaccine uptake this winter through a more personalised, targeted outreach approach.- Improve access for the housebound and those with barriers to attending clinics.- Provide tailored education and reassurance addressing vaccine concerns.- Maximise uptake of COVID-19 vaccination whilst ‘making every contact count’.Each PCN will do additional work to continue to engage with community leaders and have hesitancy conversations to improve uptake of those in eligible cohorts where uptake is less for BAME communities and those who are immunosuppressed. Coordinating a number of specific community clinics along with community engagement work.

Total Quantity or Scope

This notice is confirmation of an award having been made due to an urgent circumstance. The Contract Authority; NHS West Yorkshire Integrated Care Board has awarded a contract under the PSR Urgent Award process. The authority is publishing this notice in Find a Tender in accordance with the NHS Provider Selection Regime.Contract Period: 01/11/2025 - 31/03/2026 Contract value: £25,500

Award Detail

Award Criteria

CPV Codes

• 85121100 - General-practitioner services
• 85323000 - Community health services

Indicators

• Award on basis of price and quality.

Legal Justification

Short timescales due to the national process with regards to the Access and Inequalities scheme. Delaying the award of the contract to conduct a full application of the regime would likely pose a risk to patient or public safety

Other Information

This contract has been awarded under the urgent circumstances provision of the Provider Selection Regime (PSR). This contract has been awarded under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award.Decision Makers: Assistant Director of ContractingNo Conflict of Interest raised.