National Unplanned Pregnancy Advisory Services (NUPAS) has been awarded to the AQP TOPS Service arrangement following market engagement to invite capable providers.
This contract is awarded to Circle Healthcare Group (CHG) via a Direct Award call-off from the Increasing Capacity Framework Agreement (ICFA); NHS England Reference AGEM 41574.
This contract covers the service of Independent Sector Elective Care - Planned (elective) inpatient and day case surgery and associated outpatient and diagnostic services for NHS patients.
Aims and objectives of the Service:
• To deliver high quality, value for money elective care services in accordance with good clinical practice in respect of clinical services and, in addition, good industry practice in respect of services other than clinical services.
• To maintain capacity that supports the indicative commissioned activity of the commissioner, thus ensuring delivery of the agreed national operating standards for referral-to-treatment times.
• To maintain access to a range of elective care services thereby improving NHS patients free choice of provider and control over their care and treatment.
• To provide the NHS patient with the choice of named consultant-led team for elective care where clinically appropriate.
• To ensure the provision of safe and effective elective service provision to NHS patients.
• To continually improve the quality and value of care for NHS patients in-line with current good clinical practice.
• To achieve the agreed referral-to-treat waiting times.
• To achieve and wherever possible, improve upon elective care services clinical pathways.
• To maintain levels of capacity of elective care services for NHS patients.
The contract has been awarded to Great Chapel Street Medical Centre (Homeless Health CIC) following market engagement to invite capable providers. Great Chapel Street Medical Centre (Homeless Health CIC) has been established as the only capable provider.
The contract is for a specialist GP service, delivering clinical support to Westminster's homeless population. The overarching outcome of the service is to reduce health inequalities and increase life expectancy, for the homeless population.
This will be achieved by providing trauma- informed care that enables homeless patients to access healthcare services and, prevents avoidable emergency presentation at A&E, and non-elective admissions to secondary care.
The contract has been awarded to Hillingdon Mind following market engagement to invite capable providers. Hillingdon Mind has been established as the only capable provider.
Aims and objectives of the service:
-Support Hillingdon GPs to put in place a local search to keep track of SMI physical health check progress and to share that information with our local SL providers, so we can identify people who need support encouragement to have an SMI health check, specifically those from black and minority ethnic groups who need more intensive support for them to engage.
-Work with practices and support the use of GP receptionist staff to systematically call SMI patients and invite them in - targeting 75% of the practice list to come in for their physical health checks.
-Educate all local Supported Living and Residential providers about SMI health checks and the importance of supporting service users to attend GP practices for the checks.
-Work with practices and PCN's to develop a model of SMI check that is person centered and delivered from community settings that supports people with SMI Greater access to and take up of other services.
The contract has been awarded to The Doctor Hickey Surgery following market engagement to invite capable providers. The Doctor Hickey Surgery has been established as the only capable provider.
The contract is for a specialist GP service, delivering clinical support to Westminster's homeless population.
The overarching outcome of the service is to reduce health inequalities and increase life expectancy, for the homeless population.
This will be achieved by providing trauma- informed care that enables homeless patients to access healthcare services and, prevents avoidable emergency presentation at A&E, and non-elective admissions to secondary care.
NHS North West London ICB have undertaken a procurement to commission Community Adult Audiology AQP Services under the NHS Standard 2023/24 Full-Length Contract Particulars or any edition or subsequent revisions and the Service Specification. The contract is for 3 years with the option to extend for 2 years. There was no competition on price, because all services will receive a standard local tariff for provision against an agreed service specification as this contract is local tariff-based contract.