WYICB - Out of Hours Primary Medical Services & Associated Services across West Yorkshire

Tender description

Please Note this notice completes a process that commenced prior to 1st January 2024 under PCR and NHS Procurement, Patient Choice & Competition Regulations. The current services are provided by Local Care Direct CIC (LCD) across West Yorkshire. The service comprises of Out of Hours Primary Medical Services; operation of 2 Urgent Treatment Centres within Leeds; and associated services. The current contract ends on 31 March 2024. This notice is to advise the intention to directly award a contract to LCD to continue the provision of service by way of a 24-month contract. The extension is to allow the Commissioners to review and remodel the service specification that will complement the delivery and integration of urgent care service currently commissioned and in order to clearly articulate future requirements in the light of changes to commissioning infrastructure and delivery of extended and enhanced access to primary medical services. Lot 1: WYUC provides primary medical care services to the West Yorkshire population during the ‘out of hours’ period primarily from 18:30 to 8am, weekdays and 24 hours on weekends and Bank Holidays. Service delivery components include provision of Primary Care Centres; home visiting; cover for practice protected learning time; urgent pathology test results; urgent prescriptions; operation of Urgent Treatment Centres (Leeds only); emergency department streaming; and provision of clinical assessment and telephone triage capacity. The service is provided to the following ‘places’ in West Yorkshire: Kirklees; Calderdale; Bradford & Airedale; and Leeds.