Virtual Ward GP Support Service

Concepts

• st leonards on sea
• general practitioner
• • support
• virtual ward
• virtual ward pathways
• virtual ward gp support service
• service meetings
• the virtual ward team• occasional
• the virtual ward team•
• the trust virtual ward

Location

St Leonards on Sea

Description

A seven day per week service supporting the Trust Virtual Ward consisting of:• Daily attendance and patient review at a VW virtual ‘board round’ to discuss patients – as appropriate• Medical decision making & prescribing as required for VW patients• Escalation to ESHT Consultants from relevant specialties to support the VW team• Medical advice – available during working hours – for the Virtual Ward team• Occasional home visiting (rarely required) if it is clearly beneficial and will • Support the Virtual Ward team in communication and working with carers and relatives• Support the Trust in the development of Virtual Ward pathways, VW awareness, and efficacy of access/referral/discharge processesThe GPs supporting the service are required to be able to offer face to face reviews occasionally and attend in person some development or service meetings, in a timely fashion and at short notiice – i.e. need to be working within East Sussex, able and willing to travel.The GPs also need to be experienced in general, skilled in supporting acute illness and in particular for patients with Frailty. The GP service must include GPs experienced in supporting virtual wards (to help with their own supervision and development).The GPs supporting also need to be familiar with local systems and processes (e.g. HSCC, JCR, UCR, PSL etc arrangements). GPs in the service need to be able to maintain good relations with ESHT Consultants (where relevant) and other primary care colleagues in East Sussex.

Award Detail

Award Criteria

CPV Codes

• 85121100 - General-practitioner services

Indicators

• Award on basis of price.

Legal Justification

This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention to award notice. The awarding of this contract is subject to the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award. The publication of this notice marks the start of the standstill period. Representations by providers must be made to decision makers by midnight 12/06/2024. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR. Representations should be made to esht.procurement@nhs.net.

Other Information

This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention to award notice. The awarding of this contract is subject to the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award. The publication of this notice marks the start of the standstill period. Representations by providers must be made to decision makers by midnight 12/06/2024. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR. Representations should be made to esht.procurement@nhs.net.Decision makers: Simon Dowse – Director of Transformation, Strategy & Improvement and Abigail Turner – DDO, CHIC Division.A seven day per week service supporting the Trust Virtual Ward consisting of:• Daily attendance and patient review at a VW virtual ‘board round’ to discuss patients … GPs in the service need to be able to maintain good relations with ESHT Consultants (where relevant) and other primary care colleagues in East Sussex.Noting the requirements above:a) The current provider meets ALL the criteriab) The quality of the provision to date exceeds expectations and is critical to service quality overall. The service provider has directly support innovation of the service, pathways, promotion or the service within ESHT and wider GP community. They are also working with us on innovating training for VW medical support.c) The VW service and GP service provider have a well embedded and positive working relationship. The arrangement offers an exemplar for integrated acute, community and primary care working and collaboration – to deliver a service that offers better outcomes for patients and use of health and care resourcesd) The GP service continues to offer significant value vs recruiting our own GPs, using our own consultant resource or using ‘agency’e) The service recruits manages and provides GPs through the Federation. Lessons and challenges from the ESHT approach to recruiting in-house GPs for our UTC model indicate that this approach, working with the Federation, is more sustainable, more resilient and more cost-effective. (We are exploring options to use this model for other services)f) The GP service provided is critical to delivery of the VW – which represents an increase in patient choice