Management Information Sheet

Norfolk County Council has awarded a five year contract for providing its new countywide 0-19 Healthy Child Programme - set up to protect and promote the health and wellbeing of all children, young people and their families - to Cambridgeshire Community Services (CCS) NHS Trust.

CCS, which currently provides a wide range of specialist and children's services across the region, will be working in partnership with Iceni Healthcare Ltd (a group of over 100 independent GP practices across Norfolk and Waveney) as well as other local clinicians and the Community Sports Foundation, to deliver the new HCP service.

With a single lead provider, HCP 0-19 will offer early and targeted services for families needing more help and make it easier for them to access support.

Starting in autumn term, the new HCP service is expected to make a significant contribution to three of Norfolk County Council's new priorities:

• Excellence in education - increasing education and training prospects for young people by improving school readiness and school attendance.


• Real jobs - supporting young people to achieve their potential; increasing the HCP workforce and creating quality career development opportunities for a sustainable service.


• Safeguarding vulnerable people - by providing services that improve everyone's chances of better health, regardless of individual circumstances. Specialist support for those who need it most.

CCS, as the new provider, will deliver an integrated service which includes health visiting, school nursing, Family Nurse Partnership, Healthy Schools, hearing and vision screening, primary obesity prevention and weight management for children and young people.

The new HCP service will replace a number of services for 5-19 year olds, commissioned over many years by a range of organisations - resulting in a complex mix of services.

For the first time, the new service will also include services for 0-5 year olds, following the transfer of commissioning responsibilities from NHS England to local authorities. Norfolk County Council has used this opportunity to commission an integrated 0-19 Healthy Child Programme which will have contact with every child in Norfolk at key points in their life.

Incorporated within the HCP service are the county council's five new statutory responsibilities for health and development reviews for pregnant women and children aged 0-5yrs. This is in addition to existing statutory Public Health services, such as the National Child Measurement Programme.

The specification for the new service is based on a full health needs assessment and follows extensive stakeholder engagement with schools, colleges, health and social care professionals, families and young people.

To date, HCP services in Norfolk have been provided by Norfolk Community Health and Care NHS Trust, East Coast Community Healthcare and the James Paget Hospital. Staff will transfer to Cambridgeshire Community Services NHS Trust to help deliver the new service, with both current and new providers committed to working together to enable a smooth transition.

Further updates will follow in the coming months.