Shared Care 2019

Tender description

North Somerset Council will shortly be inviting primary care providers to quote for the responsibility of prescribing opiate substitution medication (i.e. methadone or buprenorphine) as part of the North Somerset Shared Care Scheme. The successful bidder (hereafter referred to as the Provider) will produce opiate substitution prescriptions on behalf of those North Somerset GP practices willing to provide access (via a digital platform) to the medical records of relevant patients. The number of willing practices is expected to be 21. The Provider will be supported by and work in partnership with the North Somerset Substance Misuse Service (the specialist treatment service). The specialist treatment service will undertake all the relevant face-to-face activity with patients/service users and will recommend/guide the Provider in relation to the prescribing of opiate substitution medication. The Provider will be responsible for: generating opiate substitution prescriptions (methadone or buprenorphine), ensuring these prescriptions arrive at the relevant pharmacies, updating patient records in relation to this prescribing activity, and conducting reviews using patient medical records of this medication (face-to-face reviews will be conducted by the specialist treatment service). It is important to note that this activity relates only to individuals/patients engaged in the North Somerset Shared Care Scheme. At this stage, this is just an advert and we are looking to gauge interest in the above opportunity. Please let us know by expressing your interest in this opportunity. We will be looking to tender later this year for a contract that will start in April 2019. It is likely, though not confirmed, that this will be a 3 year + 2 year extension. To be defined when the procurement opportunity is made available. Should you have any questions at this stage please use the messaging system on this procurement portal. Keywords: shared care, prescriptions