Tender: Independent Well-Led Leadership and Governance Review — Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust

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Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust is seeking a supplier for an independent, developmental review of leadership and governance against the Care Quality Commission well-led framework to provide objective challenge, identify prioritised developmental actions and inform targeted improvement work to secure and sustain future performance. AWP delivers mental health services across Bath and North East Somerset, Bristol, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Swindon and Wiltshire from more than 90 community and inpatient sites and through partnerships, including acute mental health, recovery, liaison and dementia services, forensic services, Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services and a range of highly specialist services. The Trust is in segment 3 of the NHS Oversight Framework, rated Amber‑Green under the Provider Capability assessment, and following a CQC inspection in 2024 (reported May 2025) holds a well-led rating of 'requires improvement'; it operates across two financially challenged Integrated Care Systems and works with the South West Provider Collaborative, and the Board has recently invested in strengthening external stakeholder relationships while experiencing material membership changes including a new Chair in autumn 2024 and three new Non-Executive Directors commencing in 2026.