Health services

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West Suffolk CCG have been reviewing pain services in the context of the wider Health and Care Review for a number of years which has culminated in a vision for integrated pain services. Within West Suffolk, local providers have formed an Alliance to deliver acute, community and primary care. The CCG believes the vision for integrated pain services would be best delivered through this Alliance as they are uniquely placed to truly integrate services, secure the identified needs of the population, improve quality and efficiency of services, realise seamless service provision across the pathway and increase service sustainability. To achieve this vision, the intention is to deliver the services through the Alliance by delivery from 2 organisations working collaboratively under a single contract to deliver seamless community and acute care. An Alliance is being formed within the system between the entities listed at II.2.14. Two (2) of the providers listed, West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust and Suffolk GP Federation currently deliver a wide range of pain management services, including a single point of referral; medical interventions; psychological support; holistic therapies; physiotherapy; inpatient pain management and patient education and support with a strong emphasis on self-care management through shared decision-making. West Suffolk CCG is to begin a process to ascertain whether the existing two providers are uniquely placed and would be most capable of delivering vision of an ‘Integrated Pain Management Service’ through joint delivery of a single patient pathway, clinical governance and workforce management arrangements. This process will assess whether West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust and Suffolk GP Federation are the most capable providers and therefore uniquely placed to deliver West Suffolk CCG’s vision and service specification. The services covered by the arrangement may change and expand as the partnerships develop through a contract of up to nine (9) years.