West Essex CCG - Provision of Primary Medical GP Services in West Essex

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This notice is placed as an Early Engagement Notice and relates only to a pre-procurement provider engagement process. NHS West Essex Clinical Commissioning Group seeks feedback from the market for Primary Medical Services. A future provider will be needed to provide the full range of primary medical services at the below practices from 01 June 2018: Steeple Bumpstead Surgery The Steeple Bumpstead Surgery is situated in the village of Steeple Bumpstead in Braintree district, Essex, England. The patient list has an even split of male and female patients with more patients aged 45-70 years and less patients aged 0-9 years and 25-44 years than the CCG and England averages . The current weighted list size is 2,454.80 as of the 1st October 2017. Nazeing Valley Health Centre The Nazeing Valley Health Centre is situated in the village of Nazeing in the Epping Forest district, Essex, England. The current weighted patient list size is 3085.53 as of 1st October 2017 with a fairly even age distribution in line with the national and CCG's average but slightly less males aged over 75 than the national average. Services to be provided: • Essential Services • All Additional Services • Enhanced Services • Core opening hours and service delivery from 8am - 6.30pm Monday to Friday (except statutory bank and public holidays) West Essex CCG is looking for a patient-centred approach to care delivery that is user friendly and culturally sensitive and encompasses national and local public health targets. We are also looking for providers who can demonstrate a willingness to deliver a number of key design principles e.g. improving access and promoting prevention and self-care, as part of core service delivery. The full scope of the service can be found in the draft service specification attached to this notice, alongside draft KPIs of the future contract. The contract period will be an initial 3 years with the option to extend by up to a further 2 years. South Central and West Commissioning Support Unit (SCW) seek feedback through the attached questionnaire on behalf of the commissioners. Should your organisation be able to complete and return this questionnaire please do so by emailing to scwcsu.procurement@nhs.net for the attention of John Gibbs no later than the 15th of December 2017. The above deadline has been extended (previously 12th December). Please note: SCW are working on behalf of NHS West Essex CCG.