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Improving Mental Health Services for Offenders
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| RFx ID : | 17829948 |
| Tender Name : | Improving Mental Health Services for Offenders |
| Reference # : | 15753 |
| Open Date : | Wednesday, 24 August 2016 3:00 PM (Pacific/Auckland UTC+12:00) |
| Close Date : | Wednesday, 28 September 2016 12:00 PM (Pacific/Auckland UTC+13:00) |
| Tender Type : | Request for Proposals (RFP) |
| Tender Coverage : | Sole Agency [?] |
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| Exemption Reason : | None |
| Required Pre-qualifications : | None |
| Contact : |
Patricia Gradidge via GETS |
| Alternate Physical Delivery Address : | N/A |
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This procurement relates to the delivery of improved Mental Health Services to Offenders for the Department of Corrections for a 22 month period via a trial. The services are expected to commence in February 2017 and will be restricted to eligible prisoners in 15 prisons, and offenders and prisoner’s/offender’s whānau/family located in 4 trial locations at Corrections’ Community sites namely: Manukau, Hamilton, Palmerston North and Dunedin. The trial is designed to test and develop the Department’s preferred long term approach for the provision of Mental Health Services to Offenders. If the trial is successful and funding is secured the Department will go back out to the open market.
In prisons, Department health staff provide primary mental health care, support and treatment alongside general health services but have variable and often limited skills and experience to support prisoners with mild to moderate mental health needs and co-existing problems (CEP). Limited additional services are provided through contracted health providers. District Health Boards through Forensic Mental Health services provide assessment and treatment of prisoners with primarily Axis 1 diagnosis. A person’s mental health needs will fluctuate over time – at times with stable presentation and self-managing well, at other times acutely unwell. This will mean that Service Providers will need to work in an integrated manner with other services to support prisoners when their mild to moderate mental health needs fluctuate.
In the community, the mental health system is operated by District Health Boards through primary, secondary and tertiary services on an assessed needs basis. This means the general public with less acute issues may have limited access to treatment options. Offenders and probation officers frequently experience difficulties in accessing support though the community mental health triage systems , with reports of occasionally having to wait until symptoms worsen before an individual can engage with services.
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This tender has been awarded to:
- Emerge Aotearoa
- Pact
- Rural Canterbury PHO
Award Date: Monday, 9 January 2017 (Pacific/Auckland UTC+13:00)
Date RFx was completed/updated: Wednesday, 28 September 2016 2:33 PM (Pacific/Auckland UTC+13:00)
