# Hackney OHP

> Contract award record from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust](/buyers/kent-community-health-nhs-foundation-trust/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: Venishmartem Ltd
- Award value: £110,000
- Tender value: £110,000
- Award date: 2 December 2022
- Published: 2 December 2022
- Contract start: 1 January 2023
- Contract end: 31 December 2025
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 0ef1d8a4-2f09-4d9e-8bc5-b721ce93f195-595814
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-f0aeac85-f29b-414c-99ed-3d0a1bef4c63

## Description

Oral Health promotion amongst parents, carers, teachers, children & community groups within Hackney's Charedi community\. Promoting the importance of good oral health, brushing twice a day with a fluoride toothpaste, tooth friendly diet advice & accessing dental care advice\. The importance of early access to the dentist for children will be prioritised, as will bringing about behaviour change within the community regarding diet and brushing\. The Outreach program will use the Delivering Better Oral Health Toolkit v4 as the evidence base & will be delivered in a culturally appropriate manner for the community\. The provider will maintain a team of 15 Orthodox Jewish peer educators who will be trained & signed off as competent by KCHFT\. This team will then be expected to arrange, organise, plan & deliver 50 oral health promotion sessions per annum \(April to March\) within the community\. The provider will facilitate training sessions with KCHFT to ensure all peer educators have sufficient knowledge to deliver effective and motivating evidenced based advice\. The provider will collaborate with KCHFT to create tools & resources eg leaflets/posters/presentations that are culturally specific to support the delivery of this contract\. The provider will use visual aids supplied by KCHFT to assist with the delivery of oral health promotion eg Big Teeth Models\. The provider will collect meaningful feedback from every service user & report on this feedback to KCHFT\. The number of attendees at each session will be record ed with registers & the proportion of attendees who's oral health knowledge has improved following the intervention will be ascertained via pre & post-questionnaires & feedback forms\. The provider will report their progress to KCHT quarterly via a review meeting on Microsoft Teams with KCHFT and via a written quarterly report to be submitted on 1st of the month\. The provider will also be expected to support KCHFT in accessing and building contacts in Charedi Orthodox Jewish Independent schools & help to promote the fluoride varnish programme in all school settings/with all parents of children in Charedi Orthodox Jewish Independent Schools\. They will engage the schools/nurseries and parents by facilitating meetings with headteachers/governors and rabbis\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/0ef1d8a4-2f09-4d9e-8bc5-b721ce93f195-595814)