NHS Devon Integrated Care Board (ICB) Provision of Services for Out of Hours GP Support to Devon Community Hospitals (South and West Regions)

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NHS Devon Integrated Care Board (ICB) seeks to commission a Provision of Services for Out of Hours GP Support to Devon Community Hospitals - South and West Regions. The service will be provided to patients residing as in-patients in the Devon Community Hospitals - South and West Regions. Aim / Purpose of Service To provide urgent (as opposed to emergency or routine) primary care support to Devon's Community Hospitals during the out-of-hours period where it is required, and the patients' needs cannot be appropriately met in the in-hours period. Hospital staff will be able to seek the advice of a clinician, who will arrange for a GP to attend the hospital to undertake a face-to-face assessment if clinically indicated. This is likely to include (but not be limited to): • Patients who have had an acute deterioration and it is not clear or appropriate to directly admit to hospital. • Patients at or nearing end of life who require an urgent medical review A full specification and list of defined requirements and outcomes are available to view once registered on the Atamis e-procurement portal. Further detail on registering on Atamis is provided below. Contract Terms The Initial contract duration will be for 6 months with an optional extension of up to 6 months with services due to commence on the 2nd of December 2023. Financial Envelope There is a set Finance Envelope of £190,000 per annum The Financial envelope is £95,000 for the initial 6 months and then up to a further £95,000 for the up to 6 months extension. The envelope is exclusive of VAT as the service is exempt. Contract. The Commissioner will be contracting for the services using the NHS Standard Clinical Contract (long form) 2023/24 version. The draft Contract can be found within the ITT documents within Atamis and Bidders must carefully study these documents to ensure they are familiar with the obligations on them should they be awarded a Contract. The closing date for submissions is 12 noon on the 24th of October 2023 Atamis: Interested providers will be able to view this notice via the 'Live Opportunities' list on the e-procurement system, Atamis, available on the following link: https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome This procurement is being carried out by NHS South, Central and West Commissioning Support Unit (SCW) on behalf of the Commissioners.

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