Integrated Urgent Care (including GP Extended Access) Services for West Essex CCG

Concepts

• health services
• welwyn garden city
• west essex ccg
• west essex
• clinical assessment service
• primary care
• visiting service
• gp extended access
• integrated urgent care
• gp extended access) services

Location

Welwyn Garden City

Description

The Integrated Urgent Care Service for patients in West Essex includes:• NHS 111 call- handling service• NHS 111 on-line service• Clinical Assessment Service (CAS) • Primary Care Out of Hours (OOH) service

Ammendments to Previous Notice

Award Detail

CPV Codes

• 85100000 - Health services

Indicators

• Contract modified due to unforeseen circumstances.

Legal Justification

The ICB considers that the modification enables continuity of service provision for the Integrated Urgent Care service which is integral to supporting the delivery of system wide urgent care priorities. The modification also aligns to the option set out in the initial procurement for Hertfordshire IUC services to be incorporated into the West Essex IUC contract ensuring the ICB acts transparently, fairly and proportionately. The ICB considers that the modification is permitted pursuant to the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023 under regulation 13(1)(a) i.e. on the basis that the possibility of modifying the contract to incorporate service provision in Hertfordshire was clearly and unambiguously provided for in the contract documents.

Other Information

This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) contract modification notice, under 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 modification. This contract has now been formally modified.The decision to modify the contract was taken by the NHS Hertfordshire and West Essex ICB Commissioning Committee at a meeting on 14 September 2023 and by the ICB Board Meeting held on 22 September 2023.One conflict of interest was identified among the members of the Commissioning Committee. The conflicted member left the meeting for the discussion and decision-making on this agenda item.Four conflicts of interest were identified among the members of the ICB Board. The conflict members left the meeting for the discussion and decision-making on this agenda item.