Phase 3: Rochdale Re-opening Mental Health Approved Provider List

The Approved Provider List aims to provide the following:

? To provide a range of services to meet Adult Social Care needs for adults under 65 with an identified mental health need. ? To improve service users? health and well-being and ensure their safety thus reducing hospital admissions. ? To assist service users to achieve their own recovery, without creating dependence. The service will support the service user to achieve the maximum level of self-reliance possible. All documents are free to download via the Chest website.(https://procontract.due-north.com/)

Providers who have already been accepted onto the Approved List do not need to re-apply unless they wish to be considered for Lots for which they haven?t previously been accepted.

Additional information: Contract duration is for 1 year remaining on the Approved Provider List. Being listed as an approved provider on the list is not a guarantee of work. Expected start date is 11th April, 2015 (but this is an indicative date) Organisations are required to register with the Chest at https://procontract.due-north.com/ where the documents are available to download. Tenders must be uploaded back onto the Chest website by 16:00 hours on or before 10th February, 2016. Providers must be able to provide the service as per the specification. No Health without Mental Health is the cross-government mental health strategy. The strategy sets out six shared objectives to improve the mental health and well-being of the nation, and to improve outcomes for people with mental health problems through high quality services. It supports the Government's aim of achieving an equal emphasis between physical and mental health. The interconnections between mental health, housing, employment and the criminal justice system are stressed. The six objectives are:

? More people will have good mental health ? More people with mental health problems will recover ? More people with mental health problems will have good physical health ? More people will have a positive experience of care and support ? Fewer people will suffer avoidable harm ? Fewer people will experience stigma and discrimination

Delivery of this service is within the Borough of Rochdale.