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An exciting opportunity has arisen to deliver community services for East Staffordshire CCG. We are looking for an established, innovative provider, who will be responsible for the coordination and delivery of all community services, inclusive of all ages, across East Staffordshire. The successful provider will need to ensure stability and rigor in the delivery of high quality, sustainable services as they are today, whilst also working to progress towards the vision in the Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent STP. The commissioners are holding a market engagement event on Tuesday 9th July in Burton upon Trent. Interested parties are asked to express their interest via email to elizabeth.johnson1@nhs.net and Olena.florek@nhs.net stating your company name and contact details, and the names of any delegates attending no later than Monday 8th July 12:00 noon. This is an excellent opportunity for a provider to work for East Staffordshire CCG to deliver core community services for all ages and all people registered. This is an excellent opportunity for a provider to work for East Staffordshire CCG to deliver core community services for all ages and all people registered with one of the 18 East Staffordshire GP practices. We are looking for a provider who can deliver high quality community services which are: — patient centred, — responsive, — in line with NHS Quality standards (Schedule 4 NHS Standard Contract), — safe, — sustainable. East Staffordshire Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) is responsible for the commissioning of healthcare services for 144 000 patients across the Burton upon Trent and Uttoxeter area. The successful provider will be working in partnership with other stakeholders across the system to deliver these services and ensure a smooth transition for patients from the current provider: — reduce health inequalities, — provide effective management of patients in the community, — provide sustainable and empowered teams to provide services for patients whilst being at the heart of our communities, — enhance community care at pace to enable people to live independent lives and avoid unnecessary and costly emergency episodes, — provide a sustainable workforce. The current indicative services identified at this stage are a range of core community services (including current in reach community services at HMP Dovegate). These are core community services for all ages and for all patients registered with one of the 18 GP practices across East Staffordshire CCG: 1) Specific community specialist and generalist nursing services; 2) Intermediate care/rehabilitation services/therapies; 3) Community children's services. Service category indicative services included in scope but not limited to: — community nursing: all ages: community matrons, community district nursing, — specialist nursing: all ages: rapid response, dietetics nutrition support, palliative team, adult ability team, continence service, tissue viability, — clinical nurse specialist learning disabilities- primary care, — intermediate care/rehabilitation services/therapies: all ages unless otherwise stated: musculoskeletal intermediate service (MIS), — community therapies and falls, stroke rehabilitation service, — podiatry service, enteral feeds, physiotherapy for adults with a developmental Disorder (PADD), speech and language therapy- adult learning disability (East Staffordshire), care coordination centre, — community children's services: paediatric physiotherapy, paediatric enteral feeds, paediatric speech and language therapy, — Derbyshire community services: all ages unless otherwise indicated: community podiatry service, consultant led outpatients service, inpatient services, — minor injuries unit, outpatient physiotherapy, occupational therapy and musculoskeletal service, older people's mental health inpatient and day services, podiatric surgical services, speech and language therapy for adults, paediatric speech and language therapy. We are seeking tenders from organisations who share the STP ambition and are willing to work with us to deliver high quality, core community services and to gain the benefits that this will bring in relation to positive health outcomes for patients, improved carer and patient experience and the realisation of efficiencies in the community services. Total value of the service across 2 years is 18 332 980 GBP. The CCG is holding a market engagement event for all those who wish to potentially participate in the procurement. This will provide an opportunity for providers to answer the following questions: what is your model of delivery for community services in East Staffordshire? How would you work as a partner in Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent? This event will be held 11:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m. Tuesday 9.7.2019 at Branston Golf Club (Burton Road, Branston, Burton upon Trent DE14 3DP).