Health and social work services

Tender description

NHS Liverpool Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) are inviting suitably qualified and experienced Providers to submit tenders for community based city-wide Anticoagulation Service. The Anticoagulation Service will include the provision of: — Near Patient Testing; — Anticoagulant dosing; — Patient counselling; and — Prescribing for initiation of therapy and bridging. The overall aim of the Anticoagulation Service will be:- — To offer a cost effective, standardised, clinically effective and safe monitoring system for the initiation and management of patients undergoing oral anticoagulant therapy in order to maintain anticoagulated patients within a prescribed International Normalised Ratio (INR) range through dosing, counselling and reference to interacting medication in order to reduce the risks associated with AF, VTE or valve replacement and complications of treatment — To ensure that patients have equitable access to a convenient local primary care based service — whether through a clinic or domiciliary visits (where appropriate) The duration of the contract will be for 3 years with the option to extend for a further 2 years at the CCGs discretion with a Service Commencement date of 1.3.2017.