Discharge to Assess Beds

Tender description

NHS Arden and Greater East Midlands CSU (AGCSU) on behalf of The CCGs in south Nottinghamshire (Nottingham North & East, Nottingham West and Rushcliffe) and Nottingham City CCG (referred to as the Commissioner(s)) is inviting suitably qualified and experienced providers to deliver Discharge to Assess Bed Service. The key objectives of the Procurement are to: • Maximise peoples’ capacity for independent living, increase the number of people able to remain living at home and reduce the number of people permanently admitted to long term care; • Support timely hospital discharge so that service users stay until their acute medical episode is finished and then move to a more appropriate location for assessment of their future care needs; • Provide an environment which helps people meet their rehabilitation and reablement potential and to become as functionally independent as possible Provide dedicated nursing care beds, in a distinct and separate area, for service users who are registered with a Nottingham City, Nottingham North & East, Nottingham West or Rushcliffe GP, and meet the eligibility criteria. Provide an “enabling” environment that promotes the short-stay nature of this assessment & therapeutic offer and emphasises independence so that service users have the best opportunity to meet their rehabilitation and reablement potential. To improve the standards and quality of integration of information sharing and workforce planning between primary and intermediate care and nursing care home workforce when implementing new Discharge to Assess care planning processes