Homeless Patients Legal Advocacy Service (HPLAS)

Description

The service is for adults who attend UHL, QEH and Ladywell unit and who are identified as having housing issues or homelessness that risks breakdown in discharge arrangements or follow-up engagement for medical and health care needs. The service primary objective is to increase access to legal advice for up to 30 homeless patients attending UHL, QEH hospitals and Ladywell unit at UHL (e.g. within outpatients, A&E departments and beyond), to address their pressing legal issues, primarily in the fields of immigration, housing and welfare benefits (which are often inter-linked). The secondary objective is to offer workshops on legal topics chosen by hospital teams. To offer consultancy support to enable teams to progress a further 30 cases and make appropriate referrals into the provider where needed. Lot 1: Homeless Patients Legal Advocacy Service (HPLAS) The service primary objective is to increase access to legal advice for up to 30 homeless patients attending UHL, QEH hospitals and Ladywell unit at UHL (e.g. within outpatients, A&E departments and beyond), to address their pressing legal issues, primarily in the fields of immigration, housing and welfare benefits (which are often inter-linked). The secondary objective is to offer workshops on legal topics chosen by hospital teams To offer consultancy support to enable teams to progress a further 30 cases and make appropriate referrals into the provider where needed The service is currently provided by the Southwark Law Centre who are contracted to provide specialist legal advice to adults who attend UHL, QEH and Ladywell unit and who are identified as having housing issues or homelessness that risks breakdown in discharge arrangements or follow-up engagement for medical and health care needs. The delivered service increased access to legal advice and onward support services to patients identified to have legal issues due to homelessness or other complicating issues and improved health outcomes through earlier, more effective interventions and reduction in admissions and length of hospital stay. Prospective Bidders are requested to review the contents of the guidance document carefully, register their organisation, and express their interest in the RfQ via the e-tendering portal Atamis system (Health Family). RfQ documentation can be accessed following initial registration and expression of interest via the e-tendering portal: If you have not yet registered on Atamis, please do this as soon as possible. You can register here: https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome For advice or support in registering please contact the Atamis helpdesk: Phone: 0800 9956035 E-mail: support-health@atamis.co.uk Additional information: Prospective Bidders are requested to review the contents of the guidance document carefully, register their organisation, and express their interest in the RfQ via the e-tendering portal Atamis system (Health Family). RfQ documentation can be accessed following initial registration and expression of interest via the e-tendering portal: If you have not yet registered on Atamis, please do this as soon as possible. You can register here: https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome For advice or support in registering please contact the Atamis helpdesk: Phone: 0800 9956035 E-mail: support-health@atamis.co.uk