Clinical Experts - Care & Treatment Reviews (CTRs)

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NHS Leeds CCG is looking for independent clinical experts (not employed by the CCG) to conduct Care Treatment Reviews (CTRs) with the aim of ensuring that the care & treatment and differing support needs of the person and their families are met, and the barriers to progress are challenged and overcome. To be effective, a clinical expert needs to have a detailed understanding of the health issues affecting people with learning disabilities; as well as of the psychological, psychiatric and forensic models of care and treatment relevant to people who present a range of behaviours of concern that place them at risk of exclusion from ordinary community living. They also need to be well versed in national policy and the complex legal system that either facilitates or blocks progress. This underpinning knowledge is vital to ensure that experts can effectively challenge clinicians involved in a person's care and treatment and provide clear evidence-based rationales for recommendations regarding future treatment. The contract will commence on 1st July 2022 and end on 30 June 2023 with an option to extend for a year and a further year. **AS THIS IS A DYNAMIC PURCHASING SYSTEM (DPS) THE OPPORTUNITY TO APPLY WILL REMAIN OPEN FOR THE DURATION OF THE DPS. IT DOES NOT CLOSE ON 13.05.22. PROVIDERS CAN APPLY ANYTIME AND APPLICATIONS WILL BE REVIEWED EVERY 6 MONTHS** The Services to which this Procurement relates fall within Schedule 3 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (the 'Regulations'). As such, the procurement of the Services is being run as a bespoke, process akin to, but not the same as, the Dynamic Purchasing System Procedure. In conducting this process NHS Leeds CCG does not intend to hold itself bound by any of the Regulations, save those applicable to Schedule 3 services.