FOI Ref: 0137FOI2021

14th January 2021

Freedom of Information Act 2000 – Request for Information

We are pleased to respond to your request for information and our response is set out below:

Request / Response

Freedom of Information Request from Mental Health Innovations (MHI) regarding externally commissioned provision to support individuals who may be anxious, stressed, depressed, suicidal or overwhelmed and who need immediate support.*

*PLEASE NOTE: This request has been interpreted as seeking detail only on ‘external services commissioned for those who need immediate support’

To whomever it may concern,

Please can you answer the following questions:

1. Have you heard of the Service SHOUT?

Yes

2. If Yes, please tick one of the following boxes below detailing where you have heard of the service;

Advertisement on the tv                                         

Word of Mouth

Have received Marketing communications

X Other (Please detail)

Detailed as a helpful resource on the Sheffield Mental Health Guide:  https://www.sheffieldmentalhealth.co.uk/

3. Since the beginning of the 2018/19 financial year, have you commissioned or used (if free) any external provision to support individuals who may be anxious, stressed, depressed, suicidal or overwhelmed and who need immediate support? This can include provision delivered directly to targeted populations or universal services marketed and offered in your locality?

Yes, please see the table below for services commissioned for those who need immediate support.

If Yes, please can you provide the following information about any external provision delivered since the beginning of the 2018/19 financial year;

1. What is the name of the provision?
2. Who is the provider?
3. What is the focus/ are the main issues addressed by the provision? (*E.g. Relationships, online safety; bullying; domestic abuse/ healthy relationships; self-esteem /resilience; mental health; anxiety and depression)
4. Who is the provision aimed at? (E.g. Children and Young People, adults, New Parents, the locality population)
5. How is the provision delivered? (E.g. group work, one to one work, marketing of support services, helpline etc.)
6. Are there any target groups your current provision is unable to reach? (E.g. New parents, children in care, secondary school, unemployed etc.)
7. What is the annual cost of the provision?
8. If you have an ongoing contract/licence for the provision, when does this end?

We have provided the table below to record your answers.

Name of the provision	Provider name	What is the focus/main issues addressed by the provision? (*see examples above)	Who is the provision aimed at? (* see examples above)	How is the provision delivered? (* see examples above)	Annual cost of the provision (based on latest figures 2019/20)	Contract/ licence end date
Kooth	XenZone	Online Counselling and Peer Support for CYP emotional wellbeing and mental health	Children and young people aged 11-18 and care leavers aged 18-25.	Via online direct messaging and forums through website platform	£153, 700	Mar 31st, 2021.
Crisis Services (Single Point of Access, Decisions Unit, and Home Treatment Team)	Sheffield Health & Social Care NHS FT	Providing a crisis assessment and provision for the adult population of Sheffield	Adults	Various (in person and telephone/video)	£7.9m	Mar 31st, 2021
Crisis Services	Sheffield Children’s Hospital NHS FT	Providing a crisis assessment and provision for the CYP population of Sheffield	Under 18	Various (in person and telephone/video)	£0.8m	Mar 31st, 2021

4. Do you have an annual budget for externally commissioned mental health provision?

Yes

If yes, how much is the budget and how is it split? (E.g. Cost of service delivery, marketing budget for new service)

Budget is in line with annual cost for services listed in response to question 3 above.  The spend is split for the cost of service.

5. Since the beginning of the 2018/19 financial year, have you commissioned or used (if free) any external provision to train and support staff working with individuals who may be anxious, stressed, depressed, suicidal or overwhelmed and who need immediate support? This can include training for targeted populations or universal training within your locality?

No  

If Yes, please can you provide the following information about any training delivered since the beginning of the 2018/19 financial year;

1. Who is the provider?
2. What is the focus/ are the main issues addressed by the training? (*E.g. Healthy Relationships, online safety; bullying; domestic abuse/ healthy relationships; self-esteem /resilience; mental health; anxiety and depression)
3. Who is the provision aimed at? (E.g. Children and Young People, adults, New Parents, the locality population)
4. How is the provision delivered? (E.g. Face to Face training, e-learning, Virtual Training)
5. What is the cost of the training?
6. If you have an ongoing contract/licence for the training, when does this end?

We have provided the table below to record your answers.

Provider name	What is the focus/main issues addressed by the provision? (*see examples above)	Who is the provision aimed at? (* see examples above)	How is the provision delivered? (* see examples above)	Cost of the training	Contract/ licence end date

6. Did your organisation Tender for any Mental Health Support Service Provisions during the 2019/20 or 2020/21 Financial Years?

Yes

If Yes, please can you provide the following information;

1. Please provide the name of the service tendered for
2. Please provide the name of the successful bidder
3. Please provide the value of the tender per annum
4. Start date of the new service
5. End date of the new service

We have provided the table below to record your answers.

Name of Service tendered for	Name of successful bidder	Value per annum of the tender	Tender Start Date	Tender End Date
Individual Placement Support for Serious Mental Illness	South Yorkshire Housing Association	£1.1m	Sept 2019	Oct 2022

7. Does your organisation plan for any tenders for the provision of Mental Health Support during the 2020/21 financial year? Yes / No

We are currently working on our commissioning intentions and have therefore not yet finalised what services we intend to invest in for 2021/22. We are also working through information on national and local financial settlements to prioritise our investments. All tenders that Sheffield Clinical Commissioning Group progresses are published on https://www.gov.uk/find-tender, in line with the following procurement regulations The Public Procurement (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020.  Agreed procurements detailed below:

If Yes, please can you provide the following information;

1. Please provide the name and a description of the service to be tendered for
2. Please provide the anticipated date for this tender to be advertised
3. Please provide the anticipated value of this tender

We have provided the table below to record your answers.

Name of Service to be tendered	Short Description of service	Anticipated date for advertisement	Anticipated Value of Tender
Online provision for CYP Emotional wellbeing and Mental Health Support	Online Counselling and Peer Support for CYP emotional wellbeing and mental health	~31st January 2020	~£160,000

8. Who is the lead contract in your organisation for commissioning Mental Health support Services:

Name:

Job Title: Head of Commissioning/Interim Assistant Director- Mental Health Commissioning Team

Email Address: SHECCG.mhldportfolio@nhs.net

Phone Number: We are currently not working within our base, due to the pandemic. Therefore there is no telephone contact available