Hospital and related services

Tender description

Initial engagement to discuss support for primary care access and discharge services. NOE CPC is working with a number of NHS provider organisations who are wanting to scope the viability of working with healthcare providers to introduce a vehicle intended to offer NHS organisations a compliant route to market for the provision of services which will support access to, and discharge from, primary care. The objective would be to support the NHS in being able to ensure patients are triaged and routed in a clinically appropriate and efficient manner, and services may be provided in the community or an acute setting, alongside discharge support services, again in acute and community (including patient home) setting. In advance of the commencement of any competitive process in this regard, interested providers are invited to a market assessment and engagement event to take place on 21st February from 10 a.m. — 12.00 noon in Sheffield. Please provide details of your intention to attend along with the names of representatives via communication to procurement@noecpc.nhs.uk You will receive details of the venue a few days before the event. At this event, NOE CPC will provide a high level outline of our proposals and seek input from interested providers to inform our activity moving forward. NOE CPC member bodies as listed at: http://www.noecpc.nhs.uk/current-members and any additional new NOE CPC members including wholly owned companies and subsidiaries, may utilise this framework agreement during the contract term. See Section II.2.11) for list of entities eligible to utilise any resulting framework, subject to the approval of NOE CPC.