Cardiology Insourcing

Concepts

• swindon
• health services
• cardiology
• insourcing
• insourced
• weekend clinical delivery
• dobutamine stress echocardiogram
• exercise stress echocardiogram
• long waiting times
• transoesophageal echocardiogram

Location

Swindon

Description

RequirementGreat Western Hospital (GWH) have a requirement for weekend clinical delivery and reporting of consultant-led diagnostic procedures: Dobutamine Stress Echocardiogram (DSE), Exercise Stress Echocardiogram (ESE), Transoesophageal Echocardiogram (TOE), and Cardiac Angiogram (CA).Background on RequirementThe current demand for these consultant-led diagnostic tests exceeds the capacity of our clinical services, both in terms of resources and facilities. Therefore, the department needs to increase capacity by utilising weekends (Saturday/Sunday) or evening sessions (6 pm-9 pm, Mon-Fri) to serve patients with long waiting times.We urgently need to deliver five full weekend sessions for DSE/ESE procedures using two consultants to handle 26 patient procedures per day at the Wiltshire Cardiac Centre, GWH. This will address a total of 130 patients. Each session will be supported by Cardiac Physiologists and Nursing staff.Additionally, we require the ability to organise short-notice (within 15 working days) weekend or evening clinics for DSE/ESE/TOE/Angiogram procedures as needed by the Cardiology Department at GWH.ObjectivesWe aim to provide additional ad-hoc clinical capacity over the next 12-24 months to conduct long-wait clinics as part of our elective recovery program. All procedures will be consultant-led, with GWH providing the necessary physiologist and nursing support.

Total Quantity or Scope

This procurement exercise is seeking for one supplier to provide an insourced solution to provide weekend clinical delivery and reporting of consultant-led diagnostic procedures: Dobutamine Stress Echocardiogram (DSE), Exercise Stress Echocardiogram (ESE), Transoesophageal Echocardiogram (TOE), and Cardiac Angiogram (CA).

CPV Codes

• 85100000 - Health services

Indicators

Other Information

Ideally, these procedures will take place in-house at GWH to utilise our existing facilities and specialised equipment.Statement of WorksTo achieve our objectives, we require:- Cardiology consultants with a proven track record of performing DSE/ESE/TOE/Angiogram procedures.- Consultants who can report results in accordance with NICE guidelines.If you are interested, kindly convey your interest by sending an email to henry.prudden@nhs.net