Enhanced Respiratory Service

Concepts

• health services
• welwyn garden city
• local respiratory diagnostic hubs
• enhanced respiratory service
• respiratory diagnostic hubs
• respiratory outpatient clinics
• respiratory disease
• respiratory population review meetings
• respiratory
• enhanced

Location

Hertfordshire:

Description

This is a Voluntary Ex-Ante Transparency Notice (VEAT) and is intended to provide notice of the intention of the Authority to award a contract for an Enhanced Respiratory Service within South and West Hertfordshire to its incumbent provider Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust (CLCH). The new contract will start on 1st December 2024 and will end on 30th November 2025. The value of this new proposed contract is £7,400,000. The service with CLCH was awarded via a competitive tender and originally began on 1st December 2016. The total cumulative value of the contract since it started is approximately £20,000,000 (excluding VAT and excluding the value of this new contract). The current contract will end on 30th November 2023.

Total Quantity or Scope

The new contract will start on 1st December 2024 and will end on 30th November 2025. The value of this new proposed contract is expected to be £7,400,000 (excluding VAT). … The current South and West Hertfordshire Integrated Respiratory Service brings together the patient, primary, community and secondary care clinicians to enhance the care of patients with respiratory disease. The service also provides support for patients with potentially more severe symptoms and who are at risk of rapid deterioration or acute admission. The service also provides: The service will also Provide: • A Single Point of Access triage hub for all respiratory referrals • A medical led triage with direct advice and guidance to reduce unnecessary referral and ensure the patient is appropriately clinically managed in the correct setting. • Consultant led MDTs • Respiratory Population Review Meetings (PRMs) at PCN level • Provision of respiratory outpatient clinics at an appropriate level for the agreed pathways • Provision of domicilary visits for the assessment of housebound patients • Provision of targeted Education programmes to Healthcare Professionals (including at PCN level) • Provision of education and support to patients who are under the care of the service and when their condition becomes unstable, this could include the use of Apps like MyCOPD and MyAsthma. • Accredited Pulmonary Rehabilitation Services • Domicilary OSAS services including CPAP • Chest Physiotherapy • Advice and guidance to local Respiratory Diagnostic Hubs Additional information: Prior to concluding the contract, in line with best practice, the Authority will observe a 10-day standstill period prior to concluding the contract with CLCH.

Award Detail

CPV Codes

• 85100000 - Health services

Legal Justification

NHS Hertfordshire and West Essex have been working with system partners to review and redesign the Enhanced Respiratory Service to ensure that it meets the needs of our patient population. This new contractual period will allow continuation of that service redesign and transformation, allowing a tried and tested model to inform the ICBs strategic model of care for respiratory. To procure the service at this stage will destabilise the good work which has been delivered to date and hinder our ability to ensure that we achieve a high quality service for our patients.

Other Information

** PREVIEW NOTICE, please check Find a Tender for full details. **