Pre-Transfer Clinical Discussion & Assessment Service (PTCDA) - Home Visiting

Tender description

Pre-Transfer Clinical Discussion & Assessment Service (PTCDA) service, which is a multi-agency approach to improving care in the community. Lot 1: The Contract is for the GP visiting element of the Pre-Transfer Clinical Discussion & Assessment Service (PTCDA) service, which is a multi-agency approach to improving care in the community and reducing avoidable conveyances and admissions to secondary care, which involves primary care, East Midlands Ambulance Service (EMAS) and secondary care geriatricians. This contract covers one element of the service, namely the GP visiting service, where GPs undertake home visits for patients referred by the NHS University Hospitals of Leicester (UHL) Trust Consultant Geriatrician or Geriatric Emergency Doctor following contact from the ambulance service . The ICB is intending to award a contract to an existing provider following direct award process C, where the existing provider is satisfying the existing contract and will likely satisfy the proposed new contract, and the contract is not changing considerably, and the test for considerable change is not met. The contract is cost and volume with a maximum lifetime (2-year) value of £973,216. The dates between which the services are intended to be provided are: 01/04/2025 to 31/03/2026 with an option to extend up to 31/03/2027.