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Adoption and Fostering Medical Advisory Service

The service involves evaluating medical information for prospective carers to inform suitability decisions, providing clinical expertise to social workers and adoption panels, and assessing health compatibility for children with complex needs. The provider will also deliver GP training, quality assurance for medical reporting, and early consultation on medical issues to ensure timely carer approval and matching processes.

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Awarded value
£20k
As published
Published
27 May 2026
Awarded
24 June 2026
Orr Medical Limited
Contract length
4 months
Ends 31 October 2026

What the contract covers

Service contract

Provision of specialist medical advisory services to support the assessment and approval of prospective foster carers, adopters, and special guardians.

  • Specialist medical advice supporting the safe, effective and lawful assessment of prospective foster carers, adopters and special guardians.
  • Evaluation of medical information for prospective adopters, foster carers and special guardianship applicants, with views on applicants' health needs to inform suitability decisions.
  • Clinical review of all medical assessments for prospective carers.
  • Clear, balanced and child-centred medical advice for social workers, managers and adoption/fostering panels, working with named and designated looked-after-children professionals, GPs, local authority children's services, One Adoption and NHS England.
  • Medical assessment of compatibility between prospective carers' health and the needs of individual children, including children with disabilities, trauma histories or complex chronic health conditions, to support matching.
  • High standards of medical reporting maintained through GP training, professional feedback and quality assurance processes.
  • Early medical consultation on issues affecting suitability or requiring specialist medical interpretation.
  • Interagency working across health, education and social care sectors to improve outcomes for children looked after.
  • Medical assessments that support Hull's sufficiency strategy and do not become a barrier to timely carer approval or matching.

Terms and requirements

Contract type
Service contract
Contract dates
1 July 2026 to 31 October 2026
Certifications asked for
None stated
Lots
1
Suitable for SMEs
Not stated
Category
Services
CPV codes
85141000

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Hull City Council

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Orr Medical Limited

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Cite this contract

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https://bidskim.com/tender/3622508/adoption-and-fostering-medical-advisory-service
Buyer reference
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Last checked
5 November 2026

Hull City Council. Adoption and Fostering Medical Advisory Service. Contract award, 27 May 2026. BidSkim, https://bidskim.com/tender/3622508/adoption-and-fostering-medical-advisory-service (accessed 5 November 2026).