Independent community health services provider HCRG Care Group will continue to deliver public health nursing services across Wiltshire after winning a new £7m contract.
HCRG Care Group will run the services for a further five years until at least March 2029 following a competitive tender process run by Wiltshire Council.
The services, commissioned by Wiltshire Council, include 0-5 services (health visiting), 5-19 services, the Family Nurse Partnership and parenting programme Baby Steps.
HCRG Care Group was originally awarded a contract in 2016 to bring together a range of services into a Wiltshire-focused service, delivering services for families from within the local authority's borders. That was achieved in 2019, and the company has since then continued to deliver services rated "good" by the CQC - including continuing visiting throughout the pandemic.
Pat Birchall, Chief Operating Officer at HCRG Care Group, said:
We are delighted to be able to build on the work we have done to transform services to change people's lives across Wiltshire over the past seven years. This is testament to our amazing staff who consistently deliver a high-quality service to families in our local communities.
Cllr Ian Blair-Pilling, Cabinet Member for Public Health at Wiltshire Council said:
This is a key service for Wiltshire providing a wide range of support and services for our children, young people and families. I am very pleased this contract has been agreed with HCRG Care Group and I look forward to hearing more positive stories of the good work in the future.
The national healthcare provider is among the largest independent sector organisations delivering public health nursing services in England with similar services in Bath and North East Somerset, Essex and Lancashire employing more than 5,000 people across the country.
