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NHS England mandated that every ICB have an Integrated Urgent Care Service and issued the 'Integrated Urgent Care Service Specification' in August in 2017. An updated service specification is due to be released in 2025. The market has seen significant change over the past decade driven by COVID-19, digital advances and greater patient choice. The NHS Long Term Plan outlined NHS 111 maintaining its place as the 'first line of defence' for the Urgent and Emergency Care (UEC) system. The core vision for the revised service is to build on the success of Dorset Integrated Urgent Care Service (DIUCS) in simplifying access for patients, meeting their needs and increasing the confidence that the public have in the service. Taking into consideration changes Nationally, including the introduction of guidance to develop a Care Coordination Hub, which could be the foundations of a revised specification due for release by NHS England. DIUCS provides a service to all 810,000 people registered with a Dorset GP Practice. The current service receives on average 30,738 calls a month and provides both call handler capability and a Clinical Assessment Service. Our longer-term aim for this service is to align to Integrated Neighbourhoods Teams and strengthening the urgent care offer to reduce unplanned attendance to our Acute front doors. The focus of our service specification is outcome based with key concentration on: · Equity of access · Interoperability across our Urgent Care pathway · Digital opportunities for consult and complete models NHS Commissioning Standards, local emergency and urgent care strategies will continue to evolve over the life of the contract to improve efficiency and integration across the Service User journey pathway. Given this continual change it is anticipated that there will be service changes to ensure that the service remains compliant with NHS Commissioning Standards and local emergency and urgent care strategies. The commencement of new contract must be aligned to 1st April 2026.

This is a Pre-Tender Market Engagement (PTME) event only and is not a call for competition. This PTME event seeks information for the potential procurement of a Supplier to provide Ophthalmology Services. The purpose of this PTME is to: • Help define the requirement. • Help provide a better understanding of the feasibility of the requirement. • Understand the best approach. • Understand the capacity of the market to deliver and the possible risks involved. • Gather views of the current market, specifically relating to existing and potential demand. • Provide the market with an opportunity to ask questions, raise queries and any issues to be addressed at an early stage. NHS Dorset ICB shall maintain commercial confidentiality of information received during the PTME. About NHS Dorset NHS Dorset is the commissioning organisation for the whole county of Dorset and undertakes the statutory responsibilities for clinical commissioning and is responsible for planning to meet the healthcare needs of people and communities in Dorset. NHS Dorset vision is to make Dorset the healthiest place to live. By working together, NHS Dorset aims to achieve the best possible improvements in health and wellbeing for the Dorset population. Background Dorset population: Dorset ICB serves a population of ~840,000 people. Our population is older than the national average with a quarter of people aged over the age of 65. We have some extremely affluent areas such as sandbanks peninsula, alongside areas of deprivation including Boscombe in Bournemouth, and Weymouth and Portland in the West of the county. Life expectancy is slightly higher than the national average at 80.5 for males and 84.8 for females. There are areas of high and low population densities with rural and urban areas, bringing different challenges with access to care. The overall population is more dispersed than the national average. We have a higher proportion than the national average with long term health conditions (19.4% vs 17.6%) with vast differences between the healthy life years enjoyed by the most affluent compared to the most deprived (variance of 19 years). 3% of the overall population is from a minority ethnicity, and these are mostly concentrated in urban areas. Table: Age ranges for those registered with a Dorset GP who have not opted out of their records being shared for secondary use purposes. Age band Population 0-9 68,473 10-19 90,037 20-29 88,708 30-39 102,916 40-49 100,875 50-59 108,507 60-69 110,423 70-79 94,074 80+ 63,030 About the proposed service: NHS Dorset is seeking market engagement on ophthalmology services to aid development of service specifications and commissioning plans. A high-level ophthalmology pathway has been mapped, and we are seeking knowledge and experience from the market to further understand capacity requirements and innovative ideas to enable delivery of services whilst supporting the three left shifts: • From treatment to prevention, • From hospital to community, and • From analogue to digital. NHS Dorset is particularly interested to hear any solutions which safely move services from consultant-led care to other AHPs whilst ensuring good information transfer for those patients who require step-up and step-down care; and those which promote a risk-based approach to patient and capacity management without reducing patient safety or experience of care Any contract award will under the Provider Selection Regime regulations.

This is a Pre-Tender Market Engagement (PTME) event only and is not a call for competition. This PTME event seeks information for the potential procurement of a Supplier to provide Ophthalmology Services. The purpose of this PTME is to: • Help define the requirement. • Help provide a better understanding of the feasibility of the requirement. • Understand the best approach. • Understand the capacity of the market to deliver and the possible risks involved. • Gather views of the current market, specifically relating to existing and potential demand. • Provide the market with an opportunity to ask questions, raise queries and any issues to be addressed at an early stage. NHS Dorset ICB shall maintain commercial confidentiality of information received during the PTME. About NHS Dorset NHS Dorset is the commissioning organisation for the whole county of Dorset and undertakes the statutory responsibilities for clinical commissioning and is responsible for planning to meet the healthcare needs of people and communities in Dorset. NHS Dorset vision is to make Dorset the healthiest place to live. By working together, NHS Dorset aims to achieve the best possible improvements in health and wellbeing for the Dorset population. Background Dorset population: Dorset ICB serves a population of ~840,000 people. Our population is older than the national average with a quarter of people aged over the age of 65. We have some extremely affluent areas such as sandbanks peninsula, alongside areas of deprivation including Boscombe in Bournemouth, and Weymouth and Portland in the West of the county. Life expectancy is slightly higher than the national average at 80.5 for males and 84.8 for females. There are areas of high and low population densities with rural and urban areas, bringing different challenges with access to care. The overall population is more dispersed than the national average. We have a higher proportion than the national average with long term health conditions (19.4% vs 17.6%) with vast differences between the healthy life years enjoyed by the most affluent compared to the most deprived (variance of 19 years). 3% of the overall population is from a minority ethnicity, and these are mostly concentrated in urban areas. Table: Age ranges for those registered with a Dorset GP who have not opted out of their records being shared for secondary use purposes. Age band Population 0-9 68,473 10-19 90,037 20-29 88,708 30-39 102,916 40-49 100,875 50-59 108,507 60-69 110,423 70-79 94,074 80+ 63,030 About the proposed service: NHS Dorset is seeking market engagement on ophthalmology services to aid development of service specifications and commissioning plans. A high-level ophthalmology pathway has been mapped, and we are seeking knowledge and experience from the market to further understand capacity requirements and innovative ideas to enable delivery of services whilst supporting the three left shifts: • From treatment to prevention, • From hospital to community, and • From analogue to digital. NHS Dorset is particularly interested to hear any solutions which safely move services from consultant-led care to other AHPs whilst ensuring good information transfer for those patients who require step-up and step-down care; and those which promote a risk-based approach to patient and capacity management without reducing patient safety or experience of care Any contract award will under the Provider Selection Regime regulations.

This Expression of Interest (EOI) seeks information relating to the Breastfeeding Support Service in order to: • Identify capable suppliers • Gauge market interest • Develop the authorities' requirements and approach to the procurement This is being conducted in line with the • The Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023 Contracting terms to be NHS Standard Contract (Short Form) Contract Term: 1 year Proposed start date: 1 May 2026 (earliest) Budget: £61,000 SERVICE SPECIFICATION The breastfeeding support service will provide in person support as part of the early intervention pathway. The Service will support the birthing population and babies of Dorset. The overarching aim of the breastfeeding support service is to strengthen early prevention and improve long term oral health and infant feeding outcomes for families across Dorset. The service will focus on delivering targeted, evidence based breastfeeding support beginning on maternity and neonatal units and continuing into community settings. This approach ensures continuity of care, increases access to timely support, and helps families adopt healthy behaviours from birth. By prioritising prevention, the model aligns with national NHS 10-year plan ambitions to shift the health system away from treatment focused care towards proactive intervention and healthier lifestyles. Within the scope of this contract, the provider is expected to deliver several outcomes that fall wholly within its control. These include improving the availability and quality of infant feeding support on maternity and neonatal units through dedicated peer support workers, increasing the number of support conversations and practical interventions with families, and offering consistent, seamless support from hospital to community settings. The provider will also be responsible for: • Contributing towards increasing breastfeeding initiation and discharge rates • Contributing towards increasing breastfeeding continuation rates • Delivering targeted face to face support across maternity and neonatal units, providing practical education and advice on breastfeeding that strengthens healthy behaviours and leads to improved short and long-term health and wellbeing outcomes for both women and babies • Improving service user satisfaction and confidence in relation to breastfeeding support, which will be measured via quarterly reports, in addition to feedback received from Maternity Neonatal Voices Partnership (MNVP) and trust infant feeding leads The service will be delivered on the maternity and neonatal units at Dorset County Hospital and University Hospitals Dorset and integrated with wider prevention pathways, including public health and oral health programmes. Breastfeeding support will contribute to early-prevention objectives and improved oral-health outcomes for children, with outcomes deliverable and measurable within the contract term. The provider will deliver an in-person service for 18 hours per week, per site; working days and times will be agreed with each unit to address identified resource gaps. Delivery must reflect the clinical nature of breastfeeding support, including direct observation, practical guidance, and individualised assessment. The provider must comply with all relevant NHS Trust policies, guidelines, and standard operating procedures for each maternity and neonatal unit. The provider must maintain a competent, appropriately supervised workforce to deliver infant-feeding and breastfeeding support on maternity and neonatal units. Staff must be trained to an accredited standard (OCN Level 2 or Level 3, or equivalent) and have current or previous knowledge and experience of delivering services on maternity and neonatal units. The provider will work in partnership with maternity and neonatal infant feeding teams to support delivery of evidence-based infant-feeding practice in line with UNICEF UK Baby Friendly Initiative (BFI) standards. Support will be delivered in person on the units and tailored to individual need, ensuring families receive consistent, accurate information and timely assistance. The provider must maintain an up-to-date understanding of local infant-feeding provision across maternity, neonatal, and community services and of the population served, to ensure support is inclusive and responsive to local need. The provider must also operate an equitable and accessible Dorset-wide community offer. This community offer must support the ambition of the NHS 10-Year Plan to shift from hospital to community, supporting early prevention, and ensuring continuity of care following discharge. The provider's community offer must span multiple locations across West and East Dorset, taking account of rurality and areas of deprivation to ensure consistent and fair access for all service users. The provider will submit quarterly activity and performance reports that include, as a minimum, the number of support conversations, feeding method(s), service user feedback, and demographic monitoring (language, ethnicity, and deprivation), demonstrating monitoring arrangements and adherence to agreed evidence-based practice, and will produce an annual insight summary setting out key themes, learning, and contributions towards improved outcomes. The provider is responsible for staff 1:1 supervision; line management, mandatory training, and for ensuring all staff hold the required accredited training and current DBS checks. KEY MANDATORY REQUIREMENTS 1. The provider must deliver an in-person breastfeeding peer support service on maternity and neonatal units at Dorset County Hospital and University Hospitals Dorset, for 18 hours per week, per site for with the ability to work flexibly with trust infant feeding teams to agree working days/times with each trust site to address identified capacity gaps and strengthen the overall breastfeeding support provision on the units. 2. The provider must demonstrate current or previous (within the last 2 years) experience of working with maternity and neonatal staff within NHS Trusts in Dorset, delivering breastfeeding support services and advice to service users. 3. The provider must have the skills and resource to develop quarterly activity and performance reports that include, as a minimum, the number of support conversations, feeding method(s), service user feedback, and demographic monitoring (including language, ethnicity, and deprivation), demonstrating monitoring arrangements and adherence to agreed evidence-based practice, and will produce an annual insight summary setting out key themes, learning, and contributions to breastfeeding outcomes. 4. The provider must operate and maintain their own central support functions and systems to ensure the effective delivery of staff one-to-one supervision, line management, and mandatory training. The provider must also ensure that the staff hold the required accredited training (OCN Level 2 or Level 3, or equivalent). and maintain a current DBS check.

This Expression of Interest (EOI) seeks information relating to the Breastfeeding Support Service in order to: • Identify capable suppliers • Gauge market interest • Develop the authorities' requirements and approach to the procurement This is being conducted in line with the • The Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023 Contracting terms to be NHS Standard Contract (Short Form) Contract Term: 1 year Proposed start date: 1 May 2026 (earliest) Budget: £61,000 SERVICE SPECIFICATION The breastfeeding support service will provide in person support as part of the early intervention pathway. The Service will support the birthing population and babies of Dorset. The overarching aim of the breastfeeding support service is to strengthen early prevention and improve long term oral health and infant feeding outcomes for families across Dorset. The service will focus on delivering targeted, evidence based breastfeeding support beginning on maternity and neonatal units and continuing into community settings. This approach ensures continuity of care, increases access to timely support, and helps families adopt healthy behaviours from birth. By prioritising prevention, the model aligns with national NHS 10-year plan ambitions to shift the health system away from treatment focused care towards proactive intervention and healthier lifestyles. Within the scope of this contract, the provider is expected to deliver several outcomes that fall wholly within its control. These include improving the availability and quality of infant feeding support on maternity and neonatal units through dedicated peer support workers, increasing the number of support conversations and practical interventions with families, and offering consistent, seamless support from hospital to community settings. The provider will also be responsible for: • Contributing towards increasing breastfeeding initiation and discharge rates • Contributing towards increasing breastfeeding continuation rates • Delivering targeted face to face support across maternity and neonatal units, providing practical education and advice on breastfeeding that strengthens healthy behaviours and leads to improved short and long-term health and wellbeing outcomes for both women and babies • Improving service user satisfaction and confidence in relation to breastfeeding support, which will be measured via quarterly reports, in addition to feedback received from Maternity Neonatal Voices Partnership (MNVP) and trust infant feeding leads The service will be delivered on the maternity and neonatal units at Dorset County Hospital and University Hospitals Dorset and integrated with wider prevention pathways, including public health and oral health programmes. Breastfeeding support will contribute to early-prevention objectives and improved oral-health outcomes for children, with outcomes deliverable and measurable within the contract term. The provider will deliver an in-person service for 18 hours per week, per site; working days and times will be agreed with each unit to address identified resource gaps. Delivery must reflect the clinical nature of breastfeeding support, including direct observation, practical guidance, and individualised assessment. The provider must comply with all relevant NHS Trust policies, guidelines, and standard operating procedures for each maternity and neonatal unit. The provider must maintain a competent, appropriately supervised workforce to deliver infant-feeding and breastfeeding support on maternity and neonatal units. Staff must be trained to an accredited standard (OCN Level 2 or Level 3, or equivalent) and have current or previous knowledge and experience of delivering services on maternity and neonatal units. The provider will work in partnership with maternity and neonatal infant feeding teams to support delivery of evidence-based infant-feeding practice in line with UNICEF UK Baby Friendly Initiative (BFI) standards. Support will be delivered in person on the units and tailored to individual need, ensuring families receive consistent, accurate information and timely assistance. The provider must maintain an up-to-date understanding of local infant-feeding provision across maternity, neonatal, and community services and of the population served, to ensure support is inclusive and responsive to local need. The provider must also operate an equitable and accessible Dorset-wide community offer. This community offer must support the ambition of the NHS 10-Year Plan to shift from hospital to community, supporting early prevention, and ensuring continuity of care following discharge. The provider's community offer must span multiple locations across West and East Dorset, taking account of rurality and areas of deprivation to ensure consistent and fair access for all service users. The provider will submit quarterly activity and performance reports that include, as a minimum, the number of support conversations, feeding method(s), service user feedback, and demographic monitoring (language, ethnicity, and deprivation), demonstrating monitoring arrangements and adherence to agreed evidence-based practice, and will produce an annual insight summary setting out key themes, learning, and contributions towards improved outcomes. The provider is responsible for staff 1:1 supervision; line management, mandatory training, and for ensuring all staff hold the required accredited training and current DBS checks. KEY MANDATORY REQUIREMENTS 1. The provider must deliver an in-person breastfeeding peer support service on maternity and neonatal units at Dorset County Hospital and University Hospitals Dorset, for 18 hours per week, per site for with the ability to work flexibly with trust infant feeding teams to agree working days/times with each trust site to address identified capacity gaps and strengthen the overall breastfeeding support provision on the units. 2. The provider must demonstrate current or previous (within the last 2 years) experience of working with maternity and neonatal staff within NHS Trusts in Dorset, delivering breastfeeding support services and advice to service users. 3. The provider must have the skills and resource to develop quarterly activity and performance reports that include, as a minimum, the number of support conversations, feeding method(s), service user feedback, and demographic monitoring (including language, ethnicity, and deprivation), demonstrating monitoring arrangements and adherence to agreed evidence-based practice, and will produce an annual insight summary setting out key themes, learning, and contributions to breastfeeding outcomes. 4. The provider must operate and maintain their own central support functions and systems to ensure the effective delivery of staff one-to-one supervision, line management, and mandatory training. The provider must also ensure that the staff hold the required accredited training (OCN Level 2 or Level 3, or equivalent). and maintain a current DBS check.

This Expression of Interest (EOI) seeks information relating to the Breastfeeding Support Service in order to: • Identify capable suppliers • Gauge market interest • Develop the authorities' requirements and approach to the procurement This is being conducted in line with the • The Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023 Contracting terms to be NHS Standard Contract (Short Form) Contract Term: 1 year Proposed start date: 1 May 2026 (earliest) Budget: £61,000 SERVICE SPECIFICATION The breastfeeding support service will provide in person support as part of the early intervention pathway. The Service will support the birthing population and babies of Dorset. The overarching aim of the breastfeeding support service is to strengthen early prevention and improve long term oral health and infant feeding outcomes for families across Dorset. The service will focus on delivering targeted, evidence based breastfeeding support beginning on maternity and neonatal units and continuing into community settings. This approach ensures continuity of care, increases access to timely support, and helps families adopt healthy behaviours from birth. By prioritising prevention, the model aligns with national NHS 10-year plan ambitions to shift the health system away from treatment focused care towards proactive intervention and healthier lifestyles. Within the scope of this contract, the provider is expected to deliver several outcomes that fall wholly within its control. These include improving the availability and quality of infant feeding support on maternity and neonatal units through dedicated peer support workers, increasing the number of support conversations and practical interventions with families, and offering consistent, seamless support from hospital to community settings. The provider will also be responsible for: • Contributing towards increasing breastfeeding initiation and discharge rates • Contributing towards increasing breastfeeding continuation rates • Delivering targeted face to face support across maternity and neonatal units, providing practical education and advice on breastfeeding that strengthens healthy behaviours and leads to improved short and long-term health and wellbeing outcomes for both women and babies • Improving service user satisfaction and confidence in relation to breastfeeding support, which will be measured via quarterly reports, in addition to feedback received from Maternity Neonatal Voices Partnership (MNVP) and trust infant feeding leads The service will be delivered on the maternity and neonatal units at Dorset County Hospital and University Hospitals Dorset and integrated with wider prevention pathways, including public health and oral health programmes. Breastfeeding support will contribute to early-prevention objectives and improved oral-health outcomes for children, with outcomes deliverable and measurable within the contract term. The provider will deliver an in-person service for 18 hours per week, per site; working days and times will be agreed with each unit to address identified resource gaps. Delivery must reflect the clinical nature of breastfeeding support, including direct observation, practical guidance, and individualised assessment. The provider must comply with all relevant NHS Trust policies, guidelines, and standard operating procedures for each maternity and neonatal unit. The provider must maintain a competent, appropriately supervised workforce to deliver infant-feeding and breastfeeding support on maternity and neonatal units. Staff must be trained to an accredited standard (OCN Level 2 or Level 3, or equivalent) and have current or previous knowledge and experience of delivering services on maternity and neonatal units. The provider will work in partnership with maternity and neonatal infant feeding teams to support delivery of evidence-based infant-feeding practice in line with UNICEF UK Baby Friendly Initiative (BFI) standards. Support will be delivered in person on the units and tailored to individual need, ensuring families receive consistent, accurate information and timely assistance. The provider must maintain an up-to-date understanding of local infant-feeding provision across maternity, neonatal, and community services and of the population served, to ensure support is inclusive and responsive to local need. It is desirable that potential providers already deliver a Dorset‑wide community offer that sits outside the scope of this EoI. When combined with the hospital‑based support service (this EoI) this will support the NHS 10‑Year Plan ambition to shift care from hospital to community settings, strengthening early prevention, and ensuring continuity of care following discharge. It's preferable that the community offer that is already being delivered is across multiple locations in both West and East Dorset, with consideration for rurality and areas of deprivation, to ensure fair and consistent access for all service users. The provider will submit quarterly activity and performance reports that include, as a minimum, the number of support conversations, feeding method(s), service user feedback, and demographic monitoring (language, ethnicity, and deprivation), demonstrating monitoring arrangements and adherence to agreed evidence-based practice, and will produce an annual insight summary setting out key themes, learning, and contributions towards improved outcomes. The provider is responsible for staff 1:1 supervision; line management, mandatory training, and for ensuring all staff hold the required accredited training and current DBS checks. KEY MANDATORY REQUIREMENTS 1. The provider must deliver an in-person breastfeeding peer support service on maternity and neonatal units at Dorset County Hospital and University Hospitals Dorset, for 18 hours per week, per site for with the ability to work flexibly with trust infant feeding teams to agree working days/times with each trust site to address identified capacity gaps and strengthen the overall breastfeeding support provision on the units. 2. The provider must demonstrate current or previous (within the last 2 years) experience of working with maternity and neonatal staff within NHS Trusts in Dorset or delivering breastfeeding support services and advice to Dorset service users. This requirement reflects the significant transformation across Dorset's maternity and neonatal services over the past two years, which means the local context, pathways and service needs differ from neighbouring areas. Recent changes in Dorset include: - Hospital relocation - Expansion of specialist workforce - Development of tailored breastfeeding and infant feeding pathways - Recruitment of dedicated roles to provide enhanced specialist support Because of these developments, Dorset‑specific experience is essential to ensure that any provider: - Has a current and in‑depth understanding of local service users' needs - Can complement and strengthen the specialist services already in place - Is familiar with existing pathways, configurations and staff teams - Can begin delivering support with minimal induction, which is crucial given the limited duration of the 1‑year contract and the need to avoid disruption to care 3. The provider must have the skills and resource to develop quarterly activity and performance reports that include, as a minimum, the number of support conversations, feeding method(s), service user feedback, and demographic monitoring (including language, ethnicity, and deprivation), demonstrating monitoring arrangements and adherence to agreed evidence-based practice, and will produce an annual insight summary setting out key themes, learning, and contributions to breastfeeding outcomes. 4. The provider must operate and maintain their own central support functions and systems to ensure the effective delivery of staff one-to-one supervision, line management, and mandatory training. The provider must also ensure that the staff hold the required accredited training (OCN Level 2 or Level 3, or equivalent). and maintain a current DBS check.

This Expression of Interest (EOI) seeks information relating to the CCLIP Co-ordinator in order to: • Gauge market interest • Develop the authorities' requirements and approach to the procurement • Design a procedure, conditions of participation or award criteria This EOI is being conducted in line with: • NHS Dorset ICB Standing Financial Instructions • Procurement Act 2023 NHS Dorset ICB requires information on the market's capability and capacity to provide the services described in the Service Specification. CCLIP (Clinical Commissioning Local Improvement Plan), as it stands, is a voluntary annual reward and incentive programme for GP practices in Dorset. It is a local quality incentive scheme to engage general practice to achieve outcomes against key local objectives and quality improvements not covered through the national schemes or commissioned services. The CCLIP fund is the first example of how we would like to use elements of existing and additional funding streams differently, to meet the objectives set out in the 10YP and to ensure sustainability at neighbourhood when INT funding ceases. As the provider landscape is changing, we will need to use existing resources to commission and contract differently. COMMERCIAL SECTION Contracting terms to be The NHS Terms and Conditions of Goods & Non-clinical Services Contract Contract Term: 3 years with an option to extend for 2 years Proposed start date: aspire to the 1 June (earliest) Budget: £150k per annum SERVICE SPECIFICATION The service aims are to: 1. Deliver a single co-ordinator role for the management of the CCLIP Programme across single/multiple neighbourhoods to support primary care delivery; legally, efficiently and within financial balance. 2. Demonstrate value for money in the development of all CCLIP projects 3. Deliver an increased level of neighbourhood level collaboration between GP practices, PCNs, local authorities, community providers, VCSE organisations, and system partners through the development of Alliance agreements. There is an expectation that the Provider will support primary care in developing formal agreements / sub-contracts with partners, e.g. VCSEs, to deliver service improvements. 4. Assure commissioned outcomes are based on neighbourhood need, by coordinating projects, quality improvement initiatives, digital solutions, and workflow optimisation. Ensuring local citizens within neighbourhoods are engaged in development and delivery. Innovation and Transformation projects will deliver the following CCLIP Programme outcomes and principles: Outcomes • Provide efficiencies to the system (financial savings and/or activity) • Provides value for money for the delivered outcomes. • Contribute to overall ICB financial productivity and save money • Reduce the gap in healthy life years at neighbourhood • Deliver early adoption of improved population health and health inequalities at neighbourhood level Principles: • Deliver integrated neighbourhood models of care: taking a neighbourhood approach e.g. partnering/sub-contracting with VCSEs. • Must develop and strengthen the resilience of neighbourhood contractors. • Projects must not duplicate existing commissioned services e.g. INT Delivery Programme • Must support strategic commissioning framework implementation • Must develop assurance and accountability among GP providers - moving to accountable care provision • Should be deliverable through and with organisational options amongst INT providers (e.g. GPA) • Must offer safe, evidence-based quality projects that have agreed levels of manageable risks The provider will act as a Coordinator and Assurer of outcomes for approved projects within the CCLIP programme for the Dorset system as well as being responsible for the end-to-end co-ordination of a wide range of non-clinical services that support general practice outcomes Core service description Coordinator role The provider will act as a Coordinator responsible for end-to-end co-ordination of a wide range of non-clinical services that support general practice outcomes. The Coordinator must be a credible, mature and local leader with strong partner relationships across primary care and system partners, with a deep understanding of the Dorset health and care landscape. The Co-ordinator must have a mandate from GP practices and PCNs to represent them. The provider will also co-ordinate and provide programme management to projects that are funded through the CCLIP fund. 1. Coordination and Programme Management for CCLIP • Work with general practice to identify and develop project/s that support neighbourhood priority health outcomes in line with the CCLIP programme principles. • Encourage innovation in neighbourhood model of delivery that align with the 'three shifts' in NHS plans. • Coordination of multi PCN and neighbourhood level initiatives that deliver CCLIP projects • Assure best value for money through price discovery and an understanding of best value models. • Recommend standardised pricing models and best value procurement where possible to the Project Provider(s) and Commissioner for recommended projects. • Co-ordinate a multi neighbourhood provider and commissioner oversight panel to approve projects in line with outcomes and principles • Ensure approved project funding is managed within authorised budget envelopes for CCLIP specification • Advise the Commissioner of the funding schedules to be paid for each approved project • Assure the Commissioner on outcome achievement, payment awards and scheduling • Monitoring provider performance with monthly reports of approved projects and fund utilisation 2. Provider Management • Assurance of contractor resilience for project providers. 3. Relationship and stakeholder management • Develop trusted relationships with community providers, local councils, and the VCSEs • Facilitate cross-sector relationships and partnership models of service delivery and contractual frameworks among primary care and its partners. • The Co-ordinator must have established relationships with Primary Care Networks, Integrated Neighbourhood Teams and system partners across both Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole (BCP) and Dorset places. 4. Coordinator of General practice The Coordinator will facilitate the development of GP services at scale, support functions on behalf of general practice: • Services at scale Facilitating models of care delivered at scale. Examples not exclusively including single, multi and neighbourhood provider models e.g. COVID-antiviral, MGUS, Gender Identity shared care prescribing services • General practice support services - Co-ordinating complaints - Act as the contact point for all complaints related to general practice that will come via the ICB's complaints team. Working with general practice to respond to the complaints adequately and with compassion. - Primary care support line - Act as a single point of contact for non-contractual related queries e.g. business continuity issues, non ICB commissioning queries. - Non-ICB commissioned queries/issues. Bringing system partners together as needed. - Operational issues - bringing general practice together to provider peer support and expertise to resolve operational issues. - Business continuity / operational issues - co-ordinating learning and best practice and leaning on mutual aid across PCNs to reach resolutions - Medicines Query service. - SystmOne formulary updates and medicines protocol maintenance. - Co-ordination of primary care medicines shortage management - Mutual Aid pharmacy leadership development for 'Developing pathway' PCNs Further discussions will be had with the provider to agree specific areas. • GP communication Co-ordinate the communication of key messages for GP practices, to ensure messages are shared effectively and local information is clearly understood. Locations The service will be delivered: • Virtually across all neighbourhoods via remote coordination, digital platforms, and shared communication tools. • Onsite, where required, at: - GP practices - Primary Care Network hubs - Community or local authority premises - Place or ICS coordination centres The Co-ordinator must maintain adequate physical presence to build relationships, understand local context, and support service delivery. Service Requirements and Standards • Governance and Accountability • Monthly reporting to the commissioner and relevant neighbourhood boards to provide assurance on how agreed projects are providing value for money and making a difference. • Participation in Place-level governance and Primary Care Transformation groups. • Maintenance of risk registers, action logs, and delivery plans. • Quality and Performance The Coordinator must meet KPIs relating to: - Delivery of agreed workplans - Timely issue resolution - Supplier/contract performance - Neighbourhood satisfaction surveys - Demonstrated administrative burden reduction - Value for money and cost avoidance tracking Dependencies and Interfaces The service will interface with: • GP practices and PCNs • Integrated Neighbourhood Teams • Local authorities • Community and Voluntary Sector partners • Acute and community NHS providers • ICS Digital, Estates, and Workforce teams • Other commissioned services contributing to neighbourhood level care • NHS Dorset ICB and/or the cluster commissioning organisation. The provider must have a good understanding of the Dorset health and care system, and the partners within it. The provider must maintain a presence in the county of Dorset (i.e. in either Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole or Dorset local authority footprint). The provider must have a mandate from Dorset GPs and primary care networks to represent them.

NHS Dorset is looking to develop its SSMS through a market engagement exercise designed to explore market capabilities and innovation as well as any restrictions to the future commissioning of services.

This is a Pre-Tender Market Engagement (PTME) event only and is not a call for competition. <br/><br/>This PTME event seeks information for the potential procurement of a Supplier to provide a Weight Management Service with prescribing functionality.

NHS Dorset is seeking to engage with suitably qualified provides in the market to provide a greater understanding of market capabilities for delivering its Tier 3 weight management service.

Since 2019 there has been significant national and local strategic changes that impacted on non-clinical care models in Dorset, of which the Supported Self Management Service (SSMS) plays a key part. NHS Dorset is looking to engage with qualified providers, including local voluntary organisation alliances or consortia, to help inform its future commissioning decisions, particularly on how the integration of non-clinical services can help achieve key objectives in streamlining access to care and advice, the potential for providing more proactive, personalised care supported through a neighbourhood Integrated Team and helping people to stay well for longer. This market engagement exercise will help ensure future SSMS commissioning strategies recognise the need to put people and place at the centre; co-creating services that people really need to support them to live healthy and happy lives. The Authority is therefore seeking expressions of interest from providers to participate in a market engagement events beginning in February 2023 (subject to final confirmation). This exercise will help improve the Authorities' understanding of market capabilities, innovation and any barriers to delivering new commissioned services. To register for this event, participants will need to register as a supplier on the Authorities health e-commerce system called Atamis https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome Atamis is the system chosen by The Department for Health and Social Care and many organisations across the NHS and wider health system to manage tendering and contract management activity. Registration on the system is only required once to allow you to view your existing contracts with NHS Dorset and any other contracting authorities on the Health Family e-Commercial system, as well as gain access to any new opportunities. If you want to create a new registration, there is guidance on the Atamis landing page or contact the Atamis helpdesk using the following details: Phone: 0800 9956035 E-mail: support-health@atamis.co.uk Please email ian.clarke@nhsdorset.nhs.uk to confirm your expression of interest in participating in the event as well as confirming your Atamis registration. You will then be sent further details on the market engagement event.

Provision of Microsoft Licenses for Dorset Primary Care & NHS Dorset ICB.

This PIN is to request market intelligence on a Parenting Support Service with the intention to develop a procurement in 2024.