Mid and South Essex Mental Health Services

During 2021/22 a Mental Health Taskforce was formed to review the mental health commissioning arrangements in Essex, to identify any gaps in process and make recommendations to improve the commissioning of mental health services across the County. One of the key recommendations was to streamline commissioning and contract management processes, with Accountable Officers making the commitment to a single contractual approach for the incumbent Provider, Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (EPUT). As a result, the Authority has taken a decision to vary it's existing contract with EPUT for provision of Mental Health Services, from 1st April 2022 , to include the scope of mental health services for NHS North East Essex CCG, NHS Ipswich and East Suffolk CCG and NHS West Suffolk CCG, for the remaining term of two years, until 31st March 2024. NHS Mid Essex CCG on behalf of the Authority, will be the lead commissioner, and NHS North East Essex CCG, NHS Ipswich and East Suffolk CCG and NHS West Suffolk CCG will be associates to the contract, managed via a Collaborative Commissioning Agreement. The scope of additional mental health services being varied into the MSE Contract for Mental Health Services includes; Non-Psychotic Mental Health Care Clusters 1 - 8 Specialist Perinatal Mental Health Community Service Individual Placement and Support Mild Cognitive Impairment Dementia Enhanced Care Home Liaison Service MH ANP GP pilot service – Advanced Nurse Practitioner Adult Community Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment Service Crisis Café Covering both Clacton and Tendring Infant MH Intensive Psychology Support Unit Core 24 Mental Health Liaison Service Eating Disorders ADHD Services The Authority may wish to introduce additional services during the remaining term of the contract ("Contract modifications"). Such contract modifications will be contemplated where additional requirements are similar and or complementary to the services already included in the Specification, at any given time. Such expansion would be by the addition of services commissioned by the Authority as named in the Contract Award Notice. To this end, the market should be aware that there is a possibility that the incumbent provider may be offered a variation to the contract to include (but not be limited to) the following list of Services in accordance with Regulation 72 (1) (a) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended The Public Procurement (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020). Any such modifications will be accompanied accordingly with appropriate Notice(s). Inpatient Beds Community Neighbourhood Mental Health Primary care MH service Early Intervention to Psychosis Dementia Memory Assessment Dementia Intensive Support Service Personality Disorder and Complex Needs Health and Housing Individual Placement & Support (NEE / Suffolk) Community Dementia Care Home Nurses Mild Cognitive Impairment Rehab pathway