Purpose

Following a competitive tender process, a contract for the provision of a Hospital and Community Navigator Service should be awarded to Oasis Community Partnerships.

The contract award is for a period of 7 months, from 01/09/2026 to 31/03/2027, with a 1 year + 1 year extension option, subject to confirmation of funding for 2027/28 and 2028/29.
The contract value for each financial year is as follows:
• 2026/27: £351,087.38
• 2027/28: £628,964.10
• 2028/29: £658,692.37
The

Decision

The Hospital and Community Navigator Service has been delivered since May 2021, and to date has received over 2500 referrals of young people age 10-25. Approximately 30% of these young people have engaged with longer term bespoke support to help them with mental health, relationships, education, employment, housing and integration with services and their communities.

The GM Navigator approach is unique in early adoption of community referrals and engagement rather than a hospital-based team approach. This allows for a wider reach and upstream prevention activity and covers all three tiers of primary, secondary and tertiary intervention.

The Youth Endowment Fund highlights A&E Navigator programmes as a high impact intervention.

A competitive procurement exercise has been undertaken, with Oasis Community Partnerships identified as the highest scoring bid.