General-practitioner services

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This prior information notice is being used to seek expressions of interest to provide primary medical services in Sherford on behalf of NHS Devon CCG. NHS Devon CCG is seeking expressions of interest to provide primary medical services in Sherford. Sherford is a new town on the edge of Plymouth, with most of the development falling into the South Hams Council jurisdiction. The new town of Sherford intends to deliver a sustainable new community; alongside the major residential development of 5 500 new homes the planning of the new community has been extensive and includes a high street, several smaller local centres, schools, leisure, other community infrastructure, employment opportunities and an extensive community park providing strategic recreational resource. Sherford intends to be a sustainable development delivering an excellent quality of life; it is intended to be an engaged, healthy community. Sherford will have homes designed to be locally distinctive. As a mixed-use development, Sherford will provide affordable homes, local job opportunities, and a full range of community facilities as detailed above. The site is under the ownership of the Sherford consortium (a joint venture between Bovis Homes, Linden Homes and Taylor Wimpy, housing developers) As part of the section 106 agreement, trigger points that have been reached or will be reached imminently highlight the need to provide interim General Practice facilities to the population of Sherford. GP provision will need to sustainable and long-term, to grow as Sherford grows. The provider will need to work with the developers, councils, CCG and community services to help shape primary medical services. We are therefore seeking expressions of interest from providers able to offer the following: — deliver services at standard global sum, — provision of all LES, — provision of all DES, — provide and further develop integrated services to ensure the long-term sustainability of services. The commissioner will consider a proposal for a surgery that will operate as an extension of an existing GP contract. Expressions of interest will also need to be able to demonstrate the ability to provide services to the population of Sherford that supports: — PCN DES and delivery model, — Devon CCG Strategy for General Practice in Devon – 5-year plan 2019-2024, — the NHS long term plan, — working within a flexible timeframe for service to grow as Sherford grows, — to work with stakeholders, developers and commissioners to help shape health services, — to work at pace to begin delivery of primary medical services in Sherford. The current population of Sherford is 1 120. This is estimated to increase to a population of 3 040 people in 4 years’ time. It is estimated that between 760 and 1520 people will need to register as a new patient within the next 4 years. Based on the GMS rate less out-of-hours opt-out currently GBP 89.88 per weighted patient the annual value is estimated to be between GBP 68 309 and GBP 136 617. Any values and timescales stated within this PIN notice are for guideline purposes only and should not be taken as a guarantee.