SNEE Covid-19 Oral Antiviral Treatment Service

Concepts

• health services
• colchester
• antiviral medication
• snee covid management delivery unit
• snee covid-19 oral antiviral treatment service
• oral antiviral treatment service
• the treatment
• covid-19
• snee
• oral

Location

COLCHESTER

Description

The aim of this service is to provide the clinical infrastructure to support the safe, timely and appropriate dispensing of antiviral medication for the treatment of Covid-19 for non-hospitalised patients across Suffolk and North East Essex. The service is designed to ensure choice and prompt access to these medicines in the community setting for eligible patients when they are required at all times whilst the pharmacies are open. Each provider will stock a minimum of THREE packs of each antiviral medication (or higher based on local demand) and will make a commitment to ensure eligible patients have prompt access to these medicines to facilitate treatment within 5 days of the onset of symptoms. Patients will receive a full clinical review by a SNEE Covid Management Delivery Unit (CMDU) prescriber and if eligible for treatment, an EPS prescription will be sent to the commissioned community pharmacy, in line with the consent and choice of the patient. Pharmacists will contact the patient as soon as possible upon receipt of the prescription to confirm consent and clinical suitability for treatment. This discussion is recorded on an electronic platform confirming all checks have been performed to confirm appropriateness of treatment. As appropriate, the pharmacy will make arrangement with the patient/carer for the medication to be collected or delivered.

CPV Codes

• 85100000 - Health services

Other Information

This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) confirmation of contract award notice. This contract has been awarded under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contract Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award. This contract has now been formally awarded using direct award process C. Contract award date: 27/06/2024 The dates between which the services are intended to be provided are: 27/06/2024 to 31/03/2025 Lifetime value of the contract is anticipated to be: Value excluding VAT: £8550.00 There was no review during the standstill period.