NHS Funded Nursing Care (including Continuing Healthcare) in Northamptonshire

Tender description

NHS Northamptonshire CCG (the CCG) wishes to notify providers in and around Northamptonshire of the forthcoming procurement of care homes with nursing for Continuing Health Care (CHC), Discharge to Assess (D2A) and Funded Nursing Care (FNC) services in Northamptonshire. Successful applicants will be required to work collaboratively with the CCG to provide high quality care to patients registered with a Northamptonshire GP who have been assessed as meeting the eligibility criteria for NHS continuing healthcare, NHS Funded Nursing Care or who are on a D2A pathway. The aim of the procurement will be to put in place a structure to support the purchasing of placements and to provide quality care to enable patients to meet personal outcomes as described within the service details within a tiered pricing arrangement. A range of care provision is required for the following categories of patients that will include but is not limited to: general continuing care (frail elderly), complex care (under 65 physical disabilities), those requiring dementia care and those with an acquired brain injury. It is anticipated that the procurement will commence in early May 2021 and that the services under the new contracts will commence with effect from 1st November 2021 for an indicative term of five years with an option to extend for a further three years. The documentation will be published on the ProContract web portal at https://procontract.due-north.com/Login and interested providers who are not already registered on the portal are advised to register in anticipation of the opportunity going live. If you have any issues registering, please contact the ProContract helpdesk directly.