Insourced Services to Support the Provision of Healthcare - July 2023 re-opening

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As part of the recovery from the COVID pandemic, the NHS and other public sector organisations have a requirement to supplement, support and expand their own inhouse capacity through use of insourced service provision. This framework shall provide access to a wide range of insourced service solutions in support of the delivery of compliant and high quality patient focused healthcare. This shall include the provision of a wide range of clinical and medically related insourcing services including but not limited to; Diagnostics, Diagnostic Imaging, Cardiology, Dermatology, Endoscopy, ENT, General Surgery, Gynaecology, Ophthalmology, Orthopaedics, Physiotherapy, Urology and all other specialities and functions. A wide variety of specialisms and services in support of the provision of healthcare may be commissioned under this framework agreement, in order to provide a flexible and comprehensive solution to participating authorities. Lot 1: The following Contracting Authorities are entitled to place Orders subject to NHS Workforce Alliance approval. NHS Workforce Alliance member bodies and any additional new NHS Workforce Alliance members including wholly owned companies and subsidiaries, may utilise this framework agreement during the contract term. The entities eligible to utilise this framework agreement include but will not be limited to Acute; Foundation; Ambulance; Community; Care; Primary Care; Clinical Commissioning Groups, Mental Health Trusts, Integrated Care Systems (ICS's) and includes any Charitable Trusts to the foregoing, and other Contracting Bodies such as but not limited to Strategic and Special Health Authorities, Fire and Rescue, Police, Police Commissioners, Charities, Government, Local Government, Local Authorities including Commissioning and Social, Prisons, Education/Higher Education, Social Care and the Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise (VCSE) sector, including any successor organisations or changes to the provision of the services or the responsibility/ownership of the aforementioned organisations, such as responsibility resting with local authorities changing to local government/other government or other publicly funded bodies. The framework is for the benefit of existing and emerging organisations during the life of the agreement, which includes but is not limited to providers, commissioners, delegated commissioners and support organisations. Listings of entities eligible to utilise any resulting agreement(s), subject to the approval of NHS Workforce Alliance include any other NHS/Public Sector bodies located in England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, including any of the Crown Dependencies and NHS Collaborative Procurement Organisations: The NHS in England (National Health Service for the United Kingdom) including but not limited to: Foundation Trusts, Acute (Hospital) Trusts, Ambulance Trusts, Mental Health Trusts, Care Trusts listed at: https://www.nhs.uk/servicedirectories/pages/nhstrustlisting.aspx (https://www.nhs.uk/servicedirectories/pages/nhstrustlisting.aspx) Clinical Commissioning Groups: https://www.nhs.uk/ServiceDirectories/Pages/CCGListing.aspx (https://www.nhs.uk/ServiceDirectories/Pages/CCGListing.aspx) Area Teams: https://www.nhs.uk/ServiceDirectories/Pages/AreaTeamListing.aspx (https://www.nhs.uk/ServiceDirectories/Pages/AreaTeamListing.aspx) Special Health Authorities: http://www.nhs.uk/ServiceDirectories/Pages/SpecialHealthAuthorityListing.aspx(http://www.nhs.uk/ServiceDirectories/Pages/SpecialHealthAuthorityListing.aspx) NHS Improvement: https://improvement.nhs.uk/ (https://improvement.nhs.uk/) Department of Health: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-of-health (https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-of-health) Arm's Length Bodies: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/how-to-contact-department-of-healtharms-length-bodies/department-of-healths-agencies-and-partner-organisations (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/how-to-contact-department-of-health-armslength-bodies/department-of-healths-agencies-and-partner-organisations) Sustainability and Transformation Partnerships (STPs) and their individual constituent organisations: https://www.england.nhs.uk/stps/view-stps/ (https://www.england.nhs.uk/stps/viewstps/) Integrated Care Systems (ICS's) https://www.england.nhs.uk/integratedcare/integrated-care-in-your-area/ (https://www.england.nhs.uk/integratedcare/integrated-care-in-your-area/) NHS England: https://www.england.nhs.uk/ (https://www.england.nhs.uk/) and other organisations involved in commissioning primary care services via Clinical Commissioning Groups supported by Commissioning Support Units as well as any successor bodies of any of the above entities which are responsible for commissioning most aspects of NHS care (or equivalent body established pursuant to legislation enacted as a result of, or in connection with, the White Paper, Equity and Excellence: Liberating the NHS published July 2010. Continued at II.2.11 and VI.3 Additional information / See ITT