WSCC AE Integrated Community Equipment Service June 22

Concepts

• medical equipment and pharmaceuticals
• wscc ae integrated community equipment service
• chichester
• effective delivery of other services
• provision of community equipment
• wscc ae
• community equipment service june
• high cost services
• quality of life
• personal care products

Location

Surrey, East and West Sussex: Within the county of West Sussex

Description

The provision of Community Equipment is essential in promoting the independence of people of all ages with disabilities. It will often result in a person being able to manage independently without the needs for other services. In some cases it will enable the safe and effective delivery of other services involving support for people with personal care.The broads aims of the CES is to:• Promote independence, safety, social inclusion, quality of life, improved end of life care• Help to give elderly and disabled people control over their own lives• Reduce unscheduled hospital admissions• Reduce A and E attendance• Reduce the length of a hospital stay• Assist with the quality of many quality outcomes for children and adults• Enable people to live at home for longer thereby reducing the need for care home admissions• Improve early years development• Play a key role in the delivery of early intervention and prevention strategies and crisis admissions to high cost services.

Total Quantity or Scope

In some cases it will enable the safe and effective delivery of other services involving support for people with personal care.The broads aims of the CES is to:• Promote independence, safety, social inclusion, quality of life, improved end of life care• Help to give elderly and disabled people control over their own lives• Reduce unscheduled hospital admissions• Reduce A & E attendance• Reduce the length of a hospital stay• Assist with the quality of many quality outcomes for children and adults• Enable people to live at home for longer thereby reducing the need for care home admissions• Improve early years development• Play a key role in the delivery of early intervention and prevention strategies and crisis admissions to high cost services. Additional information: This contract is for an initial period of 5 years with the option to extend for a further 2 years.

Renewal Options

This maybe renewed and is dependent of a review of the requirement

CPV Codes

• 33000000 - Medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products

Indicators

• This is a recurring contract.
• Renewals are available.

Other Information

** PREVIEW NOTICE, please check Find a Tender for full details. ** The West Sussex Integrated Community Equipment Service (ICES) is commissioned through a Partnership between West Sussex County Council (acting as Lead Commissioner) and West Sussex Clinical Commissioning Group of Wicker House, High St, Worthing BN11 1DJ. The West Sussex Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) will dissolve at the 30th June 2022 and will become the NHS Sussex from the 1st July 2022. WSCC is the lead for the management of the contract for ICES and act on behalf of WSCC and NHS staff prescribing community equipment from the following organisations:• NHS West Sussex CCG (and its successor organisation NHS Sussex)• West Sussex Primary Care Network• Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust• Sussex Partnership Foundation Trust• Voluntary sector/Private sector/Primary Care Networks• University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust