NEL CCG Community Hospices for Adults - Barking & Dagenham, Havering, Redbridge, Tower Hamlets, Newham, Waltham Forest, City of London and Hackney

Tender description

Community based Hospices based in North East London for Adult service users. Providing high quality end of life and palliative care to all adult patients living in their last phase of life (usually patients with confirmed end stage conditions and terminal illness such as cancer). Key requirements of the service include: -Operate an inpatient bed Hospice facility in the community in the North East London area with supporting services operating from the established base such as hospice at home, day services and other end of life support services; -Assessment; -Symptom control & involvement in treatment decisions; -Advice and care in all settings; -Coordinated home support to enable patients to stay at home for as long as appropriate; -Day care services; -Family support; - Provision of a 24 hour help line -Bereavement support where the deceased patient has been under the care of the Hospice; and -Education and training. The detail and annual values of the current Hospice contracts are: - St Francis Hospice £3,079,247 per annum - St Joseph's Hospice £7,858,444 per annum Lot 1: North East London CCG is currently of the view that the Hospice services described are capable of being provided only by the providers mentioned above, and are not aware of other Hospice providers who could deliver the services at the current tariffs and who have estate in the areas where services need to be delivered. The purpose of this notice is to be transparent about the CCG intention and to invite anyone who disagrees with the CCG position and is interested in delivering the services described above to make contact us before the closing date of this notice. If it is the case that the above providers are the only provider capable of delivering the services described, then the CCG will look to direct award a further contract to the above providers for up to 5+2 years beyond April 2023. Additional information: The provider must have estate physically based in the community setting within North East London and offer appropriate locations to provide care for registered patients and residents. The subject of this procurement notice is community based Hospice provision only where the potential provider is a non-NHS organisation, and this notice excludes NHS run Hospice services that are based at NHS Hospital sites. The provider must have the management and clinical experience to provide all the elements of a Hospice service and a track record of integrating end of life patient pathways between secondary health care providers, Hospices, local General Practices and other community providers including the voluntary sector. Quality - the provider will be expected to provide care in accordance with national clinical guidelines (NICE etc), be currently registered with the Care Quality Commission, and achieve improved outcomes for end of life patients.