Consultancy Services to Increase Vaccine Confidence in Deprived Communities for NHSE COVID-19 Vaccination Deployment Programme

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NHS South, Central and West Commissioning Support Unit awarded a contract to International Healthcare Recruitment Limited for consultancy services to increase vaccine confidence in communities impacted by high deprivation, with insight into the needs of ethnic minority residents, to support the NHSE COVID-19 Vaccination Deployment Programme (lots 1 & 2).

The supplier will run a sensitive 10-week programme within Sandwell and Middlesbrough to improve vaccine and prevention literacy among people accessing support related to income deprivation, tackling language barriers within local communities, including the local Black African, Black African Caribbean, Bangladeshi and Pakistani populations where COVID vaccination uptake is lower.

The project is divided into 2 lots: Lot 1 - Middlesbrough will specifically concentrate on increasing vaccine take-up in the over 50s, building on existing health literacy work; Lot 2 - Sandwell will specifically concentrate on increasing vaccine take-up in families (including pregnancy) and their children, working to support the area's existing Primary Care Network telephone call campaign.

The work in both geographical areas is to be developed for and in conjunction with frontline teams and their communities.

The contract value is £32,000.