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Following the communication in the September newsletter regarding the new NHS Health Checks contract with Leicester City Council. The council has informed us that they have now completed their internal governance approval process for this service, and are looking to issue the documents onto the Proactis portal

The City Council have advertised the NHS Health Checks service onto the EastMidsTender Portal. LLR City GP Practices can now express their interest and gain access to the full suite of documents if they have already registered onto the portal. The GP Practices have until 12:00 noon 09^th January 2026 to submit their expression of interest form.

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Unfortunately, there have been some delays with this programme, but once the documents have been published the City Council representatives will begin holding the support sessions, along with support to help practices register onto the Proactis portal, where practices will be able to express interest in the NHS Health Checks service and download the documents for completion.

Attached is copy of the revised slides for your information as slides 13, 14, 15 and 16 have been updated.

 Updated timeline below and information included in the September newsletter is available here. 

No.	Activity	Start	End
01	Documents to be published onto the Proactis Portal	21/11/2025
02	Drop-In Support Sessions	24/11/2025	07/01/2026
03	Deadline for submitting the Expression of Interest response document	21/11/2025	09/01/2026
04	Expression of Interest Response document reviewed by LCC Procurement and supporting teams	24/11/2025	30/01/2026
05	Award of Contract Notice	02/02/2026
06	Contract distribution & contract signature	02/02/2026	31/03/2026
07	NHS Health Checks Contract Commencement	01/04/2026

To discuss anything regarding the City Health Check Changes, contact Liane Pereira Liane.Pereira@leicester.gov.uk

Background

The LMC hosted a webinar on Tuesday 16th September between Leicester City Council and City practices on the changes to the Leicester City Health Checks. Practices asked the City Council to provide the list of documents practices will need to have ready prior to completing the contract application.

If you missed the webinar a recording can be seen here.

Health & Safety:

• Health & Safety Policy
• Health & Safety Manual
• Data Protection Policy 2018

Finance:

• Full set of financial statements which includes your profit/loss and balance sheet statements for the last
  two years if a web address is not available.

• If full financial accounts are not available, then we would require one of the following:
  • a statement of annual turnover-e most recent year(s) of trading and a bank letter outlining the current
    cash and credit facility position
  • Alternative information to evidence economic and financial standing (e.g. forecast financial statements
    and a statement of funding provided by the owners and/or the bank, charity accruals accounts or an
    alternative means of demonstrating financial status.

Data Protection:

• Evidence of a clear hierarchy responsible for Information/Data Protection within the organisation
• Data Protection Policy reflecting Data Protection Act 2018
• Records Management Policy and retention schedules
• Information and ICT Security Policies and process for managing information security incidents
• Staff training records and evidence of a process to refresh training regularly
• Guidelines for handling information (clear desk approach, secure offices, storage etc)
• Any compliance with ISO27001, Cyber Essential or equivalent certifications.

For comments or queries please email the LMC.