# Contract Award for Social Navigator Service for South Tyneside

> A sourced UK public sector contract award published by NHS South Tyneside Clinical Commissioning Group.

## Key facts

- Buyer: NHS South Tyneside Clinical Commissioning Group
- Supplier: First Contact Clinical
- Award value: £10,000
- Tender value: £10,000
- Award date: 4 February 2016
- Published: 18 November 2016
- Contract start: 1 March 2016
- Contract end: 28 February 2017
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: e02f45c6-94b5-47d8-a7e6-e8c33f573d24-87105
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-4a15ef6b-adc9-11e6-9901-0019b9f3037b

## Description

NHS South Tyneside Clinical Commissioning Group \(CCG\) have undertaken a procurement for the provision of a Social Navigator Service for the South Tyneside locality\. It is proposed that the service will aim to improve the quality of care to older people in the community which will provide the following benefits: - More effective management of elderly patients in community settings; including the patient's home, improving the quality of life and allowing them to live independently for longer; - A raised awareness of the provision of voluntary and 3rd sector organisation and the roll they can play in helping patients care for themselves in the community; - Increased provision of support to primary care colleagues, helping to manage elderly patients in the community; - Increased utilisation of voluntary and 3rd sector organisation within South Tyneside; - Prevention of admissions to secondary care for reasons of social isolation; - Reduce the amount of time spent avoidably in hospital; - Better co-ordinated community care; - Full integration into locality integrated teams; and - Promotion of a Better U\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/e02f45c6-94b5-47d8-a7e6-e8c33f573d24-87105)