Connect for Health Social Prescribing Programme

NHS Suffolk/Norfolk commissioning bodies
East of England

The service provides community-based support for adults with long-term conditions, mental health issues, or social isolation. Link workers conduct discovery sessions to co-produce personalised care and support plans, signposting individuals to local non-clinical services to reduce demand on NHS and social care. The programme operates across the Ipswich and East Suffolk Alliance area, utilising a 'what matters to me' approach to address wider determinants of health.

Open the official notice

Awarded value: £1m; As published
Published: 5 December 2024; Find a Tender
Awarded: 5 November 2024; Shaw Trust
Contract length: Not stated

What the buyer is asking for

Provision of social prescribing link worker services to support adults with non-medical needs and improve community health and wellbeing outcomes.

Lifecycle

Publishedon Find a Tender
5 December 2024
Contract awardedto Shaw Trust
5 November 2024
Contract starts
Contract endsEnd date not published

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The buyer

Type: NHS and health body
Social prescribing contracts, 24 months: 3
Open social prescribing tenders: 0
Typical social prescribing contract: £484k

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How it compares

4.0× the typical social prescribing contract (£259k).

Cite this contract

Link: https://bidskim.com/tender/893811/connect-for-health-social-prescribing-programme
Buyer reference: Not published
Source: Find a Tender
Last checked: 12 October 2026

NHS Suffolk/Norfolk commissioning bodies. Connect for Health Social Prescribing Programme. Contract award, 5 December 2024. BidSkim, https://bidskim.com/tender/893811/connect-for-health-social-prescribing-programme (accessed 12 October 2026).