Official UK procurement notice
Homeless Patients Legal Advocacy Service (HPLAS)
Authority: NHS South East London Integrated Care Board (NHS & healthcare)
The service is for adults who attend UHL, QEH and Ladywell unit and who are identified as having housing issues or homelessness that risks breakdown in discharge arrangements or follow-up engagement for medical and health care needs. The service primary objective is to increase access to legal advice for up to 30 homeless patients attending UHL, QEH hospitals and Ladywell unit at UHL (e.g. within outpatients, A&E departments and beyond), to address their pressing legal issues, primarily in the fields of immigration, housing and welfare benefits (which are often inter-linked).
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe service is for adults who attend UHL, QEH and Ladywell unit and who are identified as having housing issues or homelessness that risks breakdown in discharge arrangements or follow-up engagement for medical and health care needs.
The service primary objective is to increase access to legal advice for up to 30 homeless patients attending UHL, QEH hospitals and Ladywell unit at UHL (e.g. within outpatients, A&E departments and beyond), to address their pressing legal issues, primarily in the fields of immigration, housing and welfare benefits (which are often inter-linked).
The secondary objective is to offer workshops on legal topics chosen by hospital teams. To offer consultancy support to enable teams to progress a further 30 cases and make appropriate referrals into the provider where needed.
CPV: Health services
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Homeless Patients Legal Advocacy Service (HPLAS)
The service primary objective is to increase access to legal advice for up to 30 homeless patients attending UHL, QEH hospitals and Ladywell unit at UHL (e.g. within outpatients, A&E departments and beyond), to address their pressing legal issues, primarily in the fields of immigration, housing and welfare benefits (which are often inter-linked).
The secondary objective is to offer workshops on legal topics chosen by hospital teams
To offer consultancy support to enable teams to progress a further 30 cases and make appropriate referrals into the provider where needed
The service is currently provided by the Southwark Law Centre who are contracted to provide specialist legal advice to adults who attend UHL, QEH and Ladywell unit and who are identified as having housing issues or homelessness that risks breakdown in discharge arrangements or follow-up engagement for medical and health care needs.
The delivered service increased access to legal advice and onward support services to patients identified to have legal issues due to homelessness or other complicating issues and improved health outcomes through earlier, more effective interventions and reduction in admissions and length of hospital stay.
Prospective Bidders are requested to review the contents of the guidance document carefully, register their organisation, and express their interest in the RfQ via the e-tendering portal Atamis system (Health Family).
RfQ documentation can be accessed following initial registration and expression of interest via the e-tendering portal:
If you have not yet registered on Atamis, please do this as soon as possible.
You can register here: health-family.force.com/s/Welcome ↗
For advice or support in registering please contact the Atamis helpdesk:
Phone: 0800 9956035
E-mail: [email protected] Additional information: Prospective Bidders are requested to review the contents of the guidance document carefully, register their organisation, and express their interest in the RfQ via the e-tendering portal Atamis system (Health Family). RfQ documentation can be accessed following initial registration and expression of interest via the e-tendering portal:
If you have not yet registered on Atamis, please do this as soon as possible.
You can register here: health-family.force.com/s/Welcome ↗
For advice or support in registering please contact the Atamis helpdesk:
Phone: 0800 9956035
E-mail: [email protected]
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Past planning notice
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 23 Oct 2024, 10:35 BST
- Last source update
- 23 Oct 2024, 10:35 BST
- Authority reference
PRJ 1366- FTS notice number
2024/S 000-034269- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04b069Find a Tender
- Performance terms
Quantative
No, patients with housing issues / homeless referred to service
No, patients with housing issues / homeless supported with legal advice
No. workshops on legal topics chosen by hospital teams
No. cases teams have progressed themselves as a result of SLC consultancy support
No. referrals internally to SLC colleagues for support on other areas of law or widersupport needs
Qualitative Measures
SERVICE: Report anonymously on a range of metrics on the legal outcomes for the clients;
No. quarterly liaison meetings attended between UHL and SLC staff to review progress
SERVICE: Provide learning/insight that complements outcomes from the similar
GSTT HPLAS service and informs the winter planning for 2022/2023
SERVICE(UHL-REPORTING): Anonymously report on health outcomes and improved access to secure housing [follow up data in relation to out-patient appointment attendance; help-seeking behaviours e.g. help from other health professionals including GPs, addiction and mental health services.];
SERVICE: Provide learning/insight that can inform the winter planning for 2022/2023
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 22 Nov 2024, 17:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
23 Oct 2024 → 22 Nov 2024 · 2 dates- Notice published23 Oct 2024, 10:35 BST
- Submission deadline22 Nov 2024, 17:00 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
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- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications
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