NHS Greater Huddersfield CCG: Interim Community Phlebotomy Service

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NHS Greater Huddersfield CCG (GHCCG) is commissioning additional interim Community Phlebotomy capacity from September 2020 until 31 March 2021. This is due to the implications of delivering services within a hospital setting due to the ongoing COVID situation. Specifically, Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust have informed GHCCG that blood tests will now take longer (previously 6, now 10 minute appointments) and that Infection Prevention Control, Social distancing and Personal Protective Equipment requirements will mean a proportion of the annual Greater Huddersfield phlebotomy activity will not be able to be undertaken at Huddersfield Royal Infirmary. Our current understanding is that the pro rata activity for the seven month length of this interim contract is circa 26,754 venepunctures. Consequently, GH CCG would like to support care closer to home by commissioning additional community phlebotomy capacity until 31 March 2021.