Health and social work services

Tender description

Framework agreement for the provision of Private and Overseas Patient Income Recovery Services. This Framework Agreement will be accessible to all partly or wholly publicly funded bodies in the United Kingdom. The framework has 2 lots which will cover the provision of: Lot 1: Private and Overseas Patient Audit Services. Lot 2: Private and Overseas Patient Outsourced Services. This Lot is around carrying out forensic audit services covering the billing and recovery of income for services provided by the NHS to private and overseas patients to include the provision of additional support services to serve as an enhancement of current local service provision. This Framework Agreement will include, and be for the benefit of publicly funded (both wholly and partially funded) entities in the United Kingdom, including Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales and England. This will include, but is not limited to: Acute, Ambulance, Mental Health, Clinical Commissioning Groups, Health and Care Trusts, Area Teams, Local Authorities and Special Health Authorities, HSC in Northern Ireland, NHS Scotland and NHS Wales, including any successor or emerging organisations, which will include but is not limited to the emerging landscape of combined health and social care commissioners and providers. Please see the links below to identify specific organisations and types of Beneficiaries: — Acute trusts: http://www.nhs.uk/ServiceDirectories/Pages/AcuteTrustListing.aspx — Ambulance trusts: http://www.nhs.uk/ServiceDirectories/Pages/AmbulanceTrustListing.aspx — Care trusts: http://www.nhs.uk/ServiceDirectories/Pages/CareTrustListing.aspx — Foundation trusts: http://www.monitor-nhsft.gov.uk/home/about-nhsfoundation-trusts/nhs-foundation-trust-directory — Mental health trusts: http://www.nhs.uk/ServiceDirectories/Pages/MentalHealthTrustListing.aspx — Community Healthcare Trusts: http://www.nhs.uk/servicedirectories/pages/nhstrustlisting.aspx — Clinical Commissioning Groups: http://www.nhs.uk/ServiceDirectories/Pages/CCGListing.aspx — Health and Care trusts: http://www.nhs.uk/ServiceDirectories/Pages/CareTrustListing.aspx — Area Teams: http://www.nhs.uk/ServiceDirectories/Pages/AreaTeamListing.aspx — Charities including VCSE's: http://apps.charitycommission.gov.uk/Showcharity/RegisterOfCharities/registerhomepage.aspx — Special health authorities: http://www.nhs.uk/ServiceDirectories/Pages/SpecialHealthAuthorityListing.aspx — Other NHS entities: http://www.nhs.uk/NHSEngland/thenhs/about/Pages/authoritiesandtrusts.aspx — HSC in Northern Ireland: http://www.n-i.nhs.uk/index.php?link=trusts — NHS Scotland trusts: http://www.scot.nhs.uk/ — NHS Scotland: http://www.healthscotland.scot/ — NHS Wales trusts: http://www.wales.nhs.uk/ourservices/directory — Local Government England and Wales: http://www.gwydir.demon.co.uk/uklocalgov/index.htm — Government Scotland: http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Government/local-government/localg/usefullinks — Local Government Northern Ireland: http://www.nidirect.gov.uk/local-government-structure — Local Government Association: http://www.local.gov.uk/ — Local Authorities: https://www.gov.uk/browse/housing-local-services/local-councils — NHS England: https://www.england.nhs.uk/ — Fire and Rescue England: http://www.cfoa.org.uk/frs?alpha or http://www.cfoa.org.uk/frs?region=2 o East Midlands o Eastern o London o North Eastern o North Western o South Eastern o South Western o West Midlands o Yorkshire and Humberside — Fire and Rescue Scotland: http://www.firescotland.gov.uk/ — Fire and Rescue Wales: http://www.cfoa.org.uk/frs?region=11 o Mid and West o North o South — Fire and Rescue Northern Ireland: https://www.nifrs.org/ — Police England: https://www.police.uk/contact/force-websites/ — Police Scotland: http://www.scotland.police.uk — Police Wales: o https://www.dyfed-powys.police.uk/ o https://www.gwent.police.uk/ o https://www.north-wales.police.uk/ o https://www.south-wales.police.uk/en/ — Police Northern Ireland: https://www.psni.police.uk/ — Police and Crime Commissioners: http://www.apccs.police.uk/ — Prisons England and Wales: o https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/hm-prison-service o http://www.justice.gov.uk/contacts/prison-finder — Prisons Scotland: http://www.sps.gov.uk/Corporate/Prisons/Prisons.aspx Organisations referenced above can be found detailed in either the NHS Act 200. The main requirement of this lot is around Outsourcing to providers that can provide an entire end to end solution/service covering the effective and efficient management of the collection of income from Overseas and Private patients that have benefited from healthcare services provided by the NHS. Further information describing the services required are contained in the invitation to tender pack. This Framework Agreement will include, and be for the benefit of publicly funded (both wholly and partially funded) entities in the United Kingdom, including Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales and England. This will include, but is not limited to: Acute, Ambulance, Mental Health, Clinical Commissioning Groups, Health and Care Trusts, Area Teams, Local Authorities and Special Health Authorities, HSC in Northern Ireland, NHS Scotland and NHS Wales, including any successor or emerging organisations, which will include but is not limited to the emerging landscape of combined health and social care commissioners and providers. Please follow the links below to identify specific organisations: Please see the links below to identify specific organisations and types of Beneficiaries: — Acute trusts: http://www.nhs.uk/ServiceDirectories/Pages/AcuteTrustListing.aspx — Ambulance trusts: http://www.nhs.uk/ServiceDirectories/Pages/AmbulanceTrustListing.aspx — Care trusts: http://www.nhs.uk/ServiceDirectories/Pages/CareTrustListing.aspx — Foundation trusts: http://www.monitor-nhsft.gov.uk/home/about-nhsfoundation-trusts/nhs-foundation-trust-directory — Mental health trusts: http://www.nhs.uk/ServiceDirectories/Pages/MentalHealthTrustListing.aspx — Community Healthcare Trusts: http://www.nhs.uk/servicedirectories/pages/nhstrustlisting.aspx — Clinical Commissioning Groups: http://www.nhs.uk/ServiceDirectories/Pages/CCGListing.aspx — Health and Care trusts: http://www.nhs.uk/ServiceDirectories/Pages/CareTrustListing.aspx — Area Teams: http://www.nhs.uk/ServiceDirectories/Pages/AreaTeamListing.aspx — Charities including VCSE's: http://apps.charitycommission.gov.uk/Showcharity/RegisterOfCharities/registerhomepage.aspx — Special health authorities: http://www.nhs.uk/ServiceDirectories/Pages/SpecialHealthAuthorityListing.aspx — Other NHS entities: http://www.nhs.uk/NHSEngland/thenhs/about/Pages/authoritiesandtrusts.aspx — HSC in Northern Ireland: http://www.n-i.nhs.uk/index.php?link=trusts — NHS Scotland trusts: http://www.scot.nhs.uk/ — NHS Scotland: http://www.healthscotland.scot/ — NHS Wales trusts: http://www.wales.nhs.uk/ourservices/directory — Local Government England and Wales: http://www.gwydir.demon.co.uk/uklocalgov/index.htm — Government Scotland: http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Government/local-government/localg/usefullinks — Local Government Northern Ireland: http://www.nidirect.gov.uk/local-government-structure — Local Government Association: http://www.local.gov.uk/ — Local Authorities: https://www.gov.uk/browse/housing-local-services/local-councils — NHS England: https://www.england.nhs.uk/ — Fire and Rescue England: http://www.cfoa.org.uk/frs?alpha or http://www.cfoa.org.uk/frs?region=2 o East Midlands o Eastern o London o North Eastern o North Western o South Eastern o South Western o West Midlands o Yorkshire and Humberside — Fire and Rescue Scotland: http://www.firescotland.gov.uk/ — Fire and Rescue Wales: http://www.cfoa.org.uk/frs?region=11 o Mid and West o North o South — Fire and Rescue Northern Ireland: https://www.nifrs.org/ — Police England: https://www.police.uk/contact/force-websites/ — Police Scotland: http://www.scotland.police.uk — Police Wales: o https://www.dyfed-powys.police.uk/ o https://www.gwent.police.uk/ o https://www.north-wales.police.uk/ o https://www.south-wales.police.uk/en/ — Police Northern Ireland: https://www.psni.police.uk/ — Police and Crime Commissioners: http://www.apccs.police.uk/ — Prisons England and Wales: o https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/hm-prison-service o http://www.justice.go