NHS Wakefield CCG Community Cataract Services AQP

Tender description

NHS Wakefield CCG is seeking providers who can provide a cataract care delivered in community settings within the boundaries of Wakefield District for access to Wakefield patients. The overarching aims/objectives of the service are: • To provide equitable, timely and appropriate access to cataract care; • To Provide cataract care in accordance with the commissioning policy of NHS Wakefield CCG; • To provide cataract care as part of a care pathway developed by NHS Wakefield CCG; • To ensure patients are seen and treated in a safe environment; • To provide cataract care as part of the local ophthalmology ‘model of care’ developed by NHS Wakefield CCG; • To ensure the effective and sustainable use of resources. The overarching outcomes of the service are for the successful provider(s) to evidence: •Improved visual outcomes for patients, post-surgery; • The incidence of post-operative complications being in accordance with preoperative risk factors •Patients’ satisfaction with the outcome of surgery. As the service will be commissioned under AQP arrangements, payment will be made at national tariff for consultant-led care; there is no guarantee of income. The provider has full responsibility for the costs of any drugs used/prescribed within the service. No Market Forces Factor (MFF) will be paid for this service. A CQUIN scheme to the value of 2.5% of the provider’s actual annual activity will be made available.