Health services

Tender description

Commissioners in Leeds are committed to ensuring that there is an active framework for fostering continuous improvement in the delivery of eye health services as a whole. Providers of community ophthalmology services will be required to contribute to a Consultant Led Ophthalmology Network, (CLODN) with a responsibility to develop and implement citywide approaches to :- — Reducing unwarranted clinical variation — Development of appropriate, safe and effective clinical pathways and protocols (including care being delivered in appropriate settings using appropriate skill mixing — Sharing best practice — Fostering innovation — Assuring quality — Fostering system integration — Supervising system wide audit, training and development, and peer review/peer support. Please note successful bidders must mobilise within 3 months of Award. Commissioners in Leeds are committed to ensuring that there is an active framework for fostering continuous improvement in the delivery of eye health services as a whole. Providers of community ophthalmology services will be required to contribute to a Consultant Led Ophthalmology Network, (CLODN) with a responsibility to develop and implement citywide approaches to :- — Reducing unwarranted clinical variation — Development of appropriate, safe and effective clinical pathways and protocols (including care being delivered in appropriate settings using appropriate skill mixing — Sharing best practice — Fostering innovation — Assuring quality — Fostering system integration — Supervising system wide audit, training and development, and peer review/peer support. The service will: — Offer patients a choice of locations and appointment times, ensuring equitable timely and appropriate access; — Ensure that patients are seen and treated in a safe environment, most appropriate to their care needs; — Provide best value for money, delivering effective and sustainable use of resources. A comprehensive consultant-led community ophthalmology service to provide a full local pathway for Leeds patients encompassing: — Clinical assessment and triage — Opinion and Advice for patients and referrers — Treatment and recovery where applicable — Discharge back to the appropriate level of care — Referral onwards only where appropriate Max price is based on 3 plus 1 plus 1.