Whole Systems GP Services Not Included in Core GP PMS Contract (Community)

Tender description

As part of the Whole Systems approach, each GP Practice party to My Care My Way holds extended appointments for over 65's in practice at one of the two hubs (one in the North & one in the South) in WL CCG's area, and works as part of a multi-disciplinary team to meet the holistic health & social care needs of the target population. The service delivers essential capacity to the local Whole Systems Integrated Care Pathway currently under development. The interim contract will ensure continuity of essential service provision of Whole Systems Governance, to the care of over 65s population, whilst a new integrated model of care is developed during the contract period. This notice refers to the Direct Award of interim contracts to each of the 44 GP Practices in WL CCG geographical area of coverage. The average value of each contract is c£27k. A 1 year contract has been awarded to each of the practices in scope. Contracts will commence 1st April 2018, with the option of an additional 1 year extension at the CCG's discretion.This is to ensure to ensure continuity of essential health services to the local population whilst a new integrated care model is developed during 2018/19 ready for procurement in 2019/20 and therefore the CCG has assessed that the incumbent providers are the only capable providers at this time. The described services are not included in GP Core Contracts. The Contracting Authority is developing a new model of care for the over 65s within West London which will establish integrated pathways in regard to physical health, social care and mental health, enhanced with voluntary sector involvement to deliver holistic patient care. The new My Care My Team model requires the existing expertise and skill set of the Whole Systems Governance Service to form an integrated core team approach to delivering care. The current interim contract is necessary to enable NHS West London CCG to develop, pilot and validate its specified service requirements. The CCG plans to engage with the market during 2018 to assist development of its future specification of requirements, with the intention of informing the process to award substantive contracts to deliver the new model of care from 2019. Market engagement will commence March 2018.