Provision of neighbourhood-based health interventions across Worcestershire designed to reduce avoidable Emergency Department attendances and non-elective hospital admissions by strengthening community, primary care and preventative pathways. Services include enhanced care-home support, falls and frailty interventions, alternative urgent-care pathways for children and young people, additional primary-care winter capacity and locally led neighbourhood initiatives.

The services form part of the 2026/27 Neighbourhood Health Investment Fund programme and are being commissioned as pilot interventions, with performance assessed against activity reduction, patient outcomes and use of alternatives to acute hospital care.

Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust (the Contracting Authority) are seeking a suitably qualified and experienced provider to deliver Provision of neighbourhood-based health interventions across Worcestershire designed to reduce avoidable Emergency Department attendances and non-elective hospital admissions by strengthening community, primary care and preventative pathways.

The contract term, including mobilisation will be 16 months. The contract is expected to commence on 1st December 2026 and will end 31st March 2028.

The successful provider will be fully operational and managing services to patients from 1st December 2026. The 2026/27 investment will operate on a time-limited basis to test the impact and value for money of additional or expanded neighbourhood provision and support driving specifications, terms and conditions and KPIs/Objectives.

The total estimated contract value is £4m.