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New children’s speech therapy service
20 January 2010Press Release
The next step towards a Wiltshire-wide speech and language therapy service for children and young people has been taken with the announcement, by NHS Wiltshire and Wiltshire Council, that the tender has been awarded to Wiltshire Community Health Services.
Joint Commissioning Director, Julia Cramp, said: “For the first time, we will be able to provide a single service covering children and young people across the county – a significant improvement on the existing arrangement where speech and language therapy is provided by three separate providers. We are delighted that Wiltshire Community Health Services’ Speech and Language Therapy Service have agreed to provide this enhanced service.”
Wiltshire Community Health Services are one of the three existing providers, and entered a competitive tendering process in Autumn of last year. After evaluating all the tenders submitted, the joint council/NHS commissioners decided that Wiltshire Community Health Services’ bid was the most effective. The decision takes effect 15 January, with the new service coming on stream from early summer 2010.
(Joint press release dated 15 January 2010 from NHS Wiltshire and Wiltshire Council)
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