Personalised Pathways to Healthy Weight

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    "title": "Personalised Pathways to Healthy Weight",
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    "description": "NHS Dorset ICB, along with partners Health Innovation Wessex and Bournemouth University, would like to invite potential partners, providers and innovators to a soft market engagement conversation, with an opportunity to co-design personalised pathways to healthy weight for underserved populations in Dorset. \nThis work builds on NHS Dorset's commitment to reducing childhood obesity by 2040 (Outcome 2 - NHS Dorset https://nhsdorset.nhs.uk/voice/jointforwardplan/outcome-2/) and improving access, experience and outcomes for people living with unhealthy weight and obesity, most recently supporting access to medicated and non-medicated pathways for adults in line with the NICE Technology Appraisal NG246 (Weight management - NHS Dorset https://nhsdorset.nhs.uk/health/medicines/weight/) \nOur aim is to further transform weight management services in Dorset, by developing and testing an inclusive, community-based model that addresses the persistent inequalities in access, experience and outcomes for underserved populations and tackles the underlying causes of obesity.\nOur objectives are to:\n•\tCo-produce and test innovative models of care that integrate pharmacological, digital, and behavioural approaches for healthy weight.\n•\tReduce health inequalities by improving access to care for underserved populations, including for people with experience of the care system; people with learning disabilities; people with special educational needs and disabilities; and mental health service users. \n•\tBuild capacity within our workforce and communities to support sustained healthy lifestyles and self-management.\n•\tEmbed a whole-system, data-driven approach to tackling obesity as a major driver of long-term conditions\n•\tEnable real-world evaluation and learning that can inform national policy and future service commissioning.\nThe Dorset Model proposes to:\n•\tRecruit participants to the programme by pro-actively case finding through our Dorset Insight and Intelligence Service (DiiS) and through trusted people and places, making every contact count. \n•\tOffer a personalised multi-disciplinary team conversation, which recognises the lived experience of participants, and provides a tailored care plan, with support from a lead professional or coach.\n•\tDeliver personalised pathways to health weight through evidence-informed and co-produced interventions. This might include; in-person groups, remote groups, digital technologies (platforms/wearables), pharmacological and in-service pathways, for individuals, families and carers, and communities.\n•\tIntegrate new care pathways and interventions with existing system weight management services, to support both sustainable healthy weight on discharge for individuals and better access to standard care for family, carer, and community members.\n•\tBuild knowledge, skills and confidence in our health, social care and VCSE workforce, including paid and unpaid roles. \nNHS Dorset anticipates procuring suitably qualified provider(s) to:\n(1)\tA Prime Provider to act as System Integrator for the Programme, who may choose to deliver some or all elements of the new service(s).\n(2)\tOrganisation(s) to deliver new services, including digital, behavioural, lifestyle and health improvement, with individuals, families, carers and communities.\n(3)\tOrganisation(s) to deliver workforce development.",
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        "locality": "Dorchester",
        "postalCode": "DT1 1XJ",
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        "streetAddress": "County Hall, Colliton Park"
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        "id": "engagement",
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        "status": "scheduled",
        "dueDate": "2026-06-12T23:59:59+01:00",
        "description": "NHS Dorset ICB welcomes engagement from organisations with relevant expertise, including but not limited to:\n•\tProviders with demonstrable expertise in leading and delivering System Integration, specifically to improve access to health and/or social care services.\n•\tCollaborative consortia combining digital, clinical, and community delivery capability.\n•\tDigital health and behaviour change platform providers with NHS experience.\n•\tVCSE and community organisations with experience delivering lifestyle, physical activity, or peer support programmes.\n•\tProviders specialising in inclusive and accessible service design including for people with experience of the care system; people with learning disabilities; people with special educational needs and disabilities; and mental health service users. \n•\tOrganisations who have experience of co-designing and delivering workforce development, which builds the knowledge, skills and confidence for healthy weight conversations.\nWe are particularly interested in hearing from people and organisations who work with underserved populations including for people with experience of the care system; people with learning disabilities; people with special educational needs and disabilities; and mental health service users. \nProviders, partners and innovators interested in engaging with this opportunity are invited to:\n•\tUse the link below to register to attend an In-Person networking event: on Wednesday 3rd June, 9.00am - 2pm at Bournemouth Gateway Building, Bournemouth University, St Paul's Lane, Bournemouth, Dorset, England, BH8 8GP \nhttps://www.eventbrite.com/e/personalised-pathways-to-healthy-weight-tickets-1986058876563?aff=oddtdtcreator\nDeadline for registrations 01 June 2026\n•\tRequest a 30 minute 1:1 session with NHS Dorset Lead(s): please email phm@nhsdorset.nhs.uk to be booked on Monday 8th June or Thursday 11th June. \nDeadline for bookings 05 June 2026\nRIGHT TO CANCEL OR VARY THIS EXPRESSION OF INTEREST\nNHS Dorset ICB reserves the right to:\n- Cancel all or part of this EOI at any stage and at any time;\n- Amend, clarify, add to or withdraw all or part of the EOI at any time\n- Not proceed with a contract award. Nothing shall constitute a commitment to ordering unless NHS Dorset ICB undertake a procurement process that results in the award of a contract.\nGENERAL\nThis EOI is being conducted in line with The Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023 \nAny and all costs associated with the production of such a response to an EOI must be borne by the potential Economic Operator. We will not contribute in any way to meeting production costs of any response.\nInformation contained within this document is confidential and must not be revealed to any third party without prior written consent from us.\nWe expect that all responses to this EOI will be provided by potential Economic Operator in good faith to the best of their ability in the light of information available at the time of their response.\nGENERAL CONTACT POINT\nName:\tJoanne Wilson\nPosition:\tStrategic Lead for Prevention\nEmail Address:\tphm@nhsdorset.nhs.uk"
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