Dementia Services

Overview

The London Borough of Sutton has awarded a contract to an existing provider under the Provider Selection Regime Regulations 2023, following the direct award process C and this follows the Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention to award notice and serves as a notice for the award of the contract. The award of this contract is subject to the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations. 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the processes as set out in the PSR have been applied and not the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 or the Procurement Act. 2023. We have taken account of the key criteria and applied the basic selection criteria and are content that the existing provider is satisfying the original contract and will likely satisfy the proposed contract to a sufficient standard. The Dementia Support Service (Dementia support Hub) provides post diagnostic support to individuals and their families, following a diagnosis of dementia. Age UK Sutton works closely with the Admiral Nursing service to identify and passport people to appropriate clinical and non clinical services, provides ongoing case work supporting improved resilience and coping mechanisms in individuals and families.The service contributes towards improved behavioural management and risk. It supports individuals to manage and reduce behavioural risk through information and risk reduction interventions. The service is designed to work with people experiencing various phases / stages of dementia, improving health and living well opportunities for people with dementia. The service through its promotion of dementia awareness and the factors that may contribute towards this provides a preventative role through which individuals may take action to reduce their likelihood of developing dementia through improved lifestyle choices reducing the future health and social care burden. The aim of the Service is to improve post diagnostic support for individuals and families receiving a diagnosis of dementia, provide ongoing case work, navigation to and within clinical and non clinical interventions raise awareness of dementia both across the population and within high risk and vulnerable groups.