Health services

Tender description

Oxfordshire CCG are seeking to commission a successful, efficient and safe termination of pregnancy service which respects service user’s wishes, reduces repeat terminations and unintended pregnancies, and promotes better sexual health among service users. The service will be for all adults (over the age of 18) who are registered with a GP in the CCG group area. The provider will ensure that the service is respectful and does not discriminate on grounds of age, disability, race, ethnicity, culture, religious beliefs, sexual orientation, income levels, marital status, previous terminations or any other non-medical characteristics. The initial contract term will be for 3 years from 1 September 2021, with an optional extension of any period(s) up to a maximum of a further 2 year, as defined and at the discretion of the commissioners. The financial envelope is GBP 2.2 million per annum. Oxfordshire Clinical Commissioning Group (‘CCG’) are seeking to commission a successful, speedy and safe termination of pregnancy service which respects service user’s wishes, reduces repeat terminations and unintended pregnancies, and promotes better sexual health among service users. This service will support: Oxfordshire CCG, Buckinghamshire CCG, East Berkshire CCG and Berkshire West CCG. These CCGs are referred to as ‘The CCG Group’. The service will be for all adults (over the age of 18) who are registered with a GP in the CCG group area. The provider will ensure that the service is respectful and does not discriminate on grounds of age, disability, race, ethnicity, culture, religious beliefs, sexual orientation, income levels, marital status, previous terminations or any other non-medical characteristics. The objectives of the service are: • to provide a termination of pregnancy service which provides information/advice and medical terminations within the service user’s county of residence or within 30 miles of their home and at the time they request; and provides surgical terminations within their county of residence. • to offer terminations as early as possible based on the service user’s gestation and clinical circumstances • to provide a quality service which complies with the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists Guideline for the ‘Care of women Requesting Induced Abortion’, the Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Health Guidance and current best evidence. • to ensure 100 % of terminations take place without complications. • to provide 100 % of service users with advice on the full range of contraceptives. • to supply (and where necessary fit) 90 % of service users with contraceptives after treatment. The termination of pregnancy service will include: — primary care referrals and self-referral into the service, — provision of professionally trained staff, — provision of regular clinics within the geographical area, — specialist assessment and treatment, — appropriate interventions and onward referral where necessary, — information on and signposting to any relevant support services, — treatment to prevent hospital admissions, — drive innovation through service improvement, — work with the CCG on appropriate KPIs, — ensuring appropriate data collection methods to submit quarterly reports to the CCG, — form/maintain good positive links to other associated services/providers to allow the provision of multi-agency health and social care, — work alongside referrers to ensure timely and appropriate referrals; this may include training and support, — CQC registration, — have appropriate governance and policies, — working closely with primary care networks. The initial contract term will be for 3 years from the 1 September 2021, with an optional extension of any period(s) up to a maximum of a further 2 year, as defined and at the discretion of the commissioners. The financial envelope is GBP 2.2 million per annum. This procurement is being carried out by NHS South, Central and West Commissioning Support Unit (SCW) on behalf of the commissioners.