Health and social work services

Tender description

Noth of England Commissioning Support (NECS) is a commissioning support service hosted by NHS England which has supported a procurement process to award a short term contract for the provision of intermediate care rehabilitation beds in Darlington for and on behalf of NHS Darlington Clinical Commissioning Group (DCCG). This short term contract is to enable the DCCG to continue to deliver services in a robust and cost effective manner whilst undertaking a review to enter into a future procurement process of all intermediate care beds currently provided in the Darlington locality which will be effective as a single contract from 1.4.2021. The current services provided are 14 intermediate care rehabilitation beds and 9 short stay nursing beds, which will be subject to review prior to the commencement of any further procurement process. North of England Commissioning Support (NECS) is a commissioning support service hosted by NHS England and has supported a procurement process to award a short term contract for the provision of intermediate care rehabilitation beds in Darlington for and on behalf of NHS Darlington Clinical Commissioning Group (DCCG). This short term contract is to enable the DCCG to continue to deliver services in a robust and cost effective manner whilst undertaking a review to enter into a future procurement process of all intermediate care beds currently provided in the Darlington locality which will be effective as a single contract from 1.4.2021. The current services provided are 14 intermediate care rehabilitation beds and 9 short stay nursing beds, which will be subject to review prior to the commencement of any further procurement process. Intermediate care, for the purpose of this service, provides short term assessment, rehabilitation, re-ablement and recovery care, delivered in partnership with local health and social care organisations, to support people to improve or regain independence, health and wellbeing. It provides an alternative to admissions into acute or long term care and is used to facilitate the transfer of care from hospital, thus aiming to support people to return to their own homes as soon as possible. The service will provide individualised packages of care that responds to the need of the resident, their quality of life and allows them to make choices about their future, based on an assessment of need which identifies the health and social support that each resident requires, including the therapy input which will be provided by RIACT (Responsive Integrated Assessment Care Team) services in Darlington to each resident, but supported by staff within the Home setting.