Minor Surgery (Primary Care/Community)

Tender description

City and Hackney CCG has 4 geographical areas or quadrants (see map) and services will be offered on a quadrant LOT basis – each quadrant having a minimum of one venue (subject to provider interest). This is aimed to encourage services to be close to patients and allow a degree of choice for the patient to where they attend for their procedure. We are looking to open to the market the commissioning of minor surgery services from 16/17 for a period of 3 years with an option to extend for a further 2 years. The total estimated contract value for each Lot for the duration of the contract (3+2) is from £94k to £125k and there will be up to four contracts awarded – one for each successful provider for each quadrant Lot. Although one provider could be successful in more than one Lot Payment will be by a local tariff on actual activity provided to patients. No guarantee of activity can be provided and estimates are based on historical service activity across the four quadrants. Note: Potential providers can offer to provide from one quadrant or any number up to the 4 available. Minor Skin surgery procedures are generally those provided by under the GP Directed Enhanced Service e.g.: • Skin biopsy of non-suspicious lesion • Low risk BCC • Foreign body exploration (deep splinters etc.) • Injection or aspiration of joints Procedures where PoLCV (removal must be for clinical and not cosmetic reasons) approval would be required: • Benign pigmented moles • Comedones • Corn/callous • Llipoma • Sebaceous cysts (epidermoid or pilar cysts) • Seborrhoeic keratoses (basal cell papillomata), • Larger skintags including anal tags Optional: • Vasectomy Exclusions: • Patients not registered with a City and Hackney GP • Children (under the age of 16) • Red Flags/Suspicion of melanoma or SCC etc • Where the patient has multiple and/or complex co-morbidities • Patients who require basic cryo therapy for warts or small skin tags Estimated Activity per year: 500 procedures per year across City and Hackney