The Homeless Health Service provides accessible primary medical and dental services and specialist healthcare for people experiencing homelessness, including individuals with complex physical health, mental health and substance misuse needs. The service is mainly for unregistered patients presenting with urgent primary medical conditions to assess, treat or refer, but with the aim to move them onto mainstream primary care medical services in a supported way when stabilised.

The Homeless Health Service provides accessible primary medical and dental services and specialist healthcare for people experiencing homelessness, including individuals with complex physical health, mental health and substance misuse needs. The service is mainly for unregistered patients presenting with urgent primary medical conditions to assess, treat or refer, but with the aim to move them onto mainstream primary care medical services in a supported way when stabilised. Direct Award C has been used for the award of this contract. The existing provider is satisfying the original contract and will likely satisfy the proposed new contract. The services provided are the service specification are not changing considerably. NHS Bristol, South Gloucestershire and North Somerset ICB intent to award this contract to an existing provider following Direct Award Process C. Contract term: 01/10/2026 - 31/03/2030 (with option to extend for a further 1-year period The contract value is £2,268,317 for the initial contract period (01/10/2026 - 31/03/2030) The total contract value will be £2,916,408 if the optional 1-year extension period is exercised. NHS Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire Integrated Care Board (ICB) and Gloucestershire ICB are currently working together in a formal "clustering" arrangement to prepare for their merger into a single, new organisation (name to be confirmed), effective from 1st April 2027.