City and Hackney Enhanced Health Visiting Service

London Borough of Hackney and the City of London would like to commission an Enhanced Health Visiting Service. The key aim of the Service is to lead the delivery of the Healthy Child Programme 0-5, as part of a holistic and joined up service with early years services, and within the context of an integrated health and care system. The Enhanced Health Visiting Service aims to reduce vulnerabilities and address the inequalities exacerbated by the pandemic, by providing greater autonomy for the Service to target resources where they are most needed.

The successful Provider is required to develop and maintain close working relationships with wider partners such as children’s social care, primary care, early years services and early education providers to enable full integration of services. This in turn will provide a more joined-up, cost-effective service which can be tailored to individual needs, paving the way to deliver a service across a wider range of public health issues.

London Borough of Hackney and the City of London would like to commission an Enhanced Health Visiting Service. The service objectives are:

To promote positive family health through an accessible and flexible service, which is well-integrated within children’s centres and the developing family hubs, which supports families during the crucial early years of a child’s life and transition to school.

To support all children to achieve positive physical and emotional developmental milestones.

To focus on prevention and early intervention thereby enabling an early response to the holistic health needs of all children and their families.

To provide a seamless service that delivers the right support at the right time for all children and their families, is reflective of individual needs and with clear pathways to other services and support as needed.

To protect and promote the health and wellbeing of all children while facilitating the greatest improvements among those children with the highest need, thereby reducing inequalities.

To adopt a ‘strengths-based’ way of working that builds upon the capabilities of families and communities in order to optimise their health outcomes and have a profound impact on their lifelong health and wellbeing.

3 extension option(s) available, 1 taken; up to 36 months in total

Option: 12 months, from 2026-09-01, to 2027-08-31, Extension 2

Option: 12 months, from 2027-09-01, to 2028-08-31, Extension 3

Taken: 12 months, from 2025-09-01, to 2026-08-31, Extension 1