Medical practice and related services

Tender description

Provide General Practitioner (GP) and Occupational Health Services for Service personnel at Wattisham Station. The Population At Risk (PAR) is approximately 1600. The requirement includes Provision of GP and Military Occupational Health Services to Service personnel both by working as part of a Defence Primary Healthcare (DPHC) team at the DPHC Medical Centre and by providing support in the form of availability for supply of telephone advice and a facility for same day appointments from the Contractor's own CQC registered premises, which must be reachable by road from Wattisham Station within 30 minutes. The Contractor shall provide services on weekdays Monday to Friday 0800 to 1300 at Wattisham Station, DPHC Medical Centre and thereafter from Contractor's premises until Out Of Hours (OOH) care services assume care. OOH care is outwith the scope of this contract although the Contractor will be expected to participate in interfacing with OOH service as appropriate in individual cases. The Authority has a requirement to provide Primary Health Care (PHC), General Practitioner (GP) and Military Occupational Health Services for Service personnel assigned or attached to Wattisham Station. The Population At Risk (PAR) is approximately 1600. The requirement includes the provision of GP and Military Occupational Health Services to Service personnel both by working as part of a Defence Primary Healthcare (DPHC) team at the DPHC Medical Centre, Wattisham Station and by providing support in the form of availability for supply of telephone advice and a facility for same day appointments from the Contractor's own CQC registered premises, which must be reachable by road from Wattisham Station within 30 minutes. The service, provided by the Contractor, shall consist of several elements: General medical services, including: — General Practice / Acute Primary Health Care, — Military Occupational Health Services, — Preventative medicine services (immunisation and screening), — Chronic disease management, — Mental health screening and stress management, — Sexual health screening, education and counselling services. Provide health promotion advice to patients in line with current practice. When in barracks, provide pre-hospital emergency care and treatment of life and limb threatening conditions within the Medical Centre, pending arrival of emergency services. OOH GP services are not part of this requirement. Individual elements of the GP service may be subcontracted but all elements must, separately and together, meet the access and performance criteria laid by the Authority and the prime Contractor remains responsible for the quality and governance of services provided and all costs of any subcontracting. The Contractor and all premises used to deliver services shall be registered with the Care Quality Commission. All healthcare professionals involved in delivering the service shall be appropriately qualified, indemnified and fully registered, licensed and certified, without restrictions, with the relevant UK Health and Social Care Regulator. Where registration for a group of health care providers is voluntary, any provider delivering services as past of this requirement shall be registered as if this were a statutory obligation. General Medical Practitioners shall appear on the Performers List of the appropriate Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCG). The successful provider shall ideally have a working knowledge of military medical policy, procedures and terminology. The Contractor shall provide services on weekdays, (Monday to Friday, excluding Bank and other Public Holidays) at the DPHC Medical Centre from 8:00 until 13:00. From 13:00 until 18:30, it must be possible for entitled personnel to obtain appointments at the Contractor's premises for urgent non-emergency care. OOH care is outwith the scope of this Contract, although the Contractor shall be expected to participate in interfacing with the OOH service, as appropriate in individual cases. Contract Duration is for 3 years, from 1.8.2018 until 31.7.2021, with options to extend this provision for up to 2 further years (at the Authority's discretion). Tender Return: 17.5.2018 at 10:00. Requirement is published under PCR 2015 Open Procedure. No electronic tenders.