General-practitioner services

Tender description

NHS St Helens CCG is looking for a provider of Primary Care services as part of NHS England’s new “GP Extended Access” initiative. This service will be accessible by all of the patients of the 34 GP practices that are covered by NHS St Helens CCG. NHS England has introduced a new initiative called “GP Extended Access” with the aim that no patient should have to attend A&E as a walk-in patient as a result of being unable to get an appointment with a GP. NHS St Helens CCG is looking for a provider of Primary Care services as part of NHS England’s initiative. NHS England have developed 7 core national requirements for the delivery of Improved Access in order to bring parity to the Improved Access offer across the country and these requirements are: — Timing of Appointments, — Capacity, — Measurement, — Advertising and ease of access, — Digital, — Inequalities, — Effective Access to wider whole-system services. This service will be accessible by all of the patients of the 34 GP practices that are covered by NHS St Helens CCG. The GP Improved Access Services will improve access and experience for patients by providing additional capacity for pre-bookable, urgent on the day appointments and appointments booked 5 days in advance, which are more convenient for patients and offer shorter waits, both during and outside traditional general practice hours. These appointments will be evening appointments from Monday to Friday and also during Saturdays and Sundays. The only selection for type of Procedure was “Restricted” and the Contracting Authority wishes to clarify that this was not a Restricted procedure but “Other” procedure under the Light Touch Regime. The procedure which the Contracting Authority followed was set out in the procurement documents.