Community Infection Prevention and Control (CIPC) Service

The CIPC service plays a vital role in preventing and controlling the spread of infectious diseases in community settings, particularly among vulnerable groups such as those in care homes and educational institutions.

The service provides advice, training, and outbreak response, working closely with partners like the UK Health Security Agency and Greater Manchester Integrated Care.

The service is required to maintain high standards of infection prevention and control to safeguard public health and ensure the continuity of essential services.

The CIPC service will provide specialist advice and support to a range of settings, including social care, nursing and residential care homes, schools, and nurseries. The service will also be responsible for outbreak management, conducting audits, and providing training to health and social care staff. Regular reporting and data exchange with the local authority and other key partners are essential components of the service.

The CIPC service will also engage in strategic planning and collaboration with local and regional health protection partners to enhance infection prevention and control efforts.

Key Service Deliverables:

Preventative Deliverables:

Training and Education: Providing targeted support, training, and advice to prevent infectious diseases in various settings, including social care, nursing and residential care homes, intermediate care facilities, and schools/nurseries.

Antibiotic Resistance: Collaborating with system partners to reduce the burden of antibiotic resistance within the local health and social care economy.

Risk Education: Facilitating education on risks associated with health and social care service delivery through training, audits, and implementation of learning from incident investigations.

Reactive Deliverables:

Outbreak Management: Providing specialist advice and support during infectious disease outbreaks in the community.

Flexible Response: Offering evidence-based responses to new and emerging infections and providing surge response for community-based outbreaks and incidents.

Liaison: Working with the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) and local authorities to manage outbreaks as part of an integrated outbreak management response.

Reporting and Data Exchange

Daily Situational Reports: Providing daily updates to the Authority and key partners.

Quarterly Activity Reports: Including summaries of training delivered, outbreak management, inbound calls managed, audits conducted, and incident investigations.

Financial Monitoring: Providing quarterly financial monitoring reports to the Authority.

Strategic Role

Outbreak Response: Coordinating local responses to borough-wide outbreaks in partnership with UKHSA and Bolton Public Health team.

Policy Development: Supporting and advising on the development and updating of infection control policies, protocols, and procedures.

Training: Developing and providing infection prevention and control (IPC) training to health and social care staff, especially those in nursing, residential, and domiciliary care settings.

It is the intention to award this contract using the direct award process C.

The lifetime value of this contract is £1,088,440 over a period of 3 years between 01/04/2025 and 31/03/2030