Provision of In-patient Stroke Rehabilitation services

Tender description

The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust is looking for a provider of Inpatient Stroke Rehabilitation services to commence <br/>January 2025, for the period of 12 weeks until the end of March 2025. Lot 1: The provision of Inpatient Stroke Rehabilitation services to commence <br/>January 2025, for the period of 12 weeks until the end of March 2025.<br/>The service will need to provide both clinical and corporate service support and <br/>oversight including appropriate skilled and trained workforce to deliver 24/7 Nursing <br/>care, intensive Stroke Therapy (7 days a week) and medical cover (Monday – Friday). <br/>The provision needs to be for a minimum of 11 inpatient Stroke Rehabilitation beds <br/>with an expected average length of stay of 4 weeks (+/- 2 weeks). The facility will need <br/>to be well equipped to meet the needs of patients requiring Stroke rehabilitation <br/>including access to gym and facilities which support rehabilitation of activities of daily <br/>living. <br/>It is expected that the people will have access to the full range of specialist Stroke <br/>rehabilitation including:<br/>• Physiotherapy<br/>• Occupational Therapy<br/>• Speech and Language Therapy<br/>• Dietetics<br/>• Psychology<br/>The service should operate in line with National clinical guidelines recommendations <br/>offering people to participate in at least 45 minutes of each appropriate therapy every <br/>day, at a frequency that enables them to meet their rehabilitation goals, and for as long <br/>as they are willing and capable of participating and showing measurable benefit from <br/>treatment.<br/>DGFT Consultants will be willing to maintain specialist clinical oversight if the service <br/>falls outside of borough but would require access to necessary IT systems. <br/>The provider must have the facility to input into the Sentinel Stroke National Audit <br/>Programme (SSNAP) and ensure all data is shared with the Trust on a regular basis. <br/>The following performance measures will be implemented to ensure the service <br/>outlined is delivered:<br/>• Average length of stay with Criteria to Reside (CTR)<br/>• Average length of stay post No Criteria to Reside (NCTR).<br/>• Incidents, Risks, Complaints and Compliments<br/>• Quarterly review meetings between key stakeholders.<br/>• Patient & family feedback<br/>• Staff survey results<br/>Suppliers are requested to provide a response via the Atamis e-tendering portal<br/> https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome <br/>Should your organisation have any queries relating to using the portal, please ring 0800-9956035 or email support-health@atamis.co.uk