Proactive Identification Care & Transfer (PICT) at UHP

Concepts

• plymouth
• community health
• integrated care
• uhp
• proactive identification care
• another care setting
• care
• pict
• proactive
• provider selection regime most suitable provider

Location

Plymouth:

Description

The service to be implemented by Marie Curie in collaboration with UHP will enhance end-of-life care and alleviate pressure on hospital resources and provide better outcomes for patients at end of life. The service will expediate the improvement in end-of-life care with a particular emphasis on identification of patients that are nearing the end of their lives. This should result in helping establish people’s preferences and support earlier discharge or transfer to another care setting. In line with patient’s and family’s wishes.In coming to this decision the Trust considered the 5 key criteria above. These criteria are not weighted as they are equally important for this service. They clearly meet and in some elements exceed the requirements of this service.The Key Criteria measures were1. Value For Money2. Quality & Innovation3. Integration, Collaboration & Service Sustainability4. Social Value5. Improving access, reducing health inequalities and facilitating choiceDecision makers in this process included Director of Integrated Care, Partnerships and strategy. The Trust End of Life Lead Manager, Transformation Team, Procurement, Finance, Trust Management Board Executives and many more internal Stakeholders.There were no conflict of interests or potential conflicts of interest in the decision-making process.

Total Quantity or Scope

This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) Contract award notice detailing the Trusts intentions to award this contract to Marie Curie. 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 Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this awardNHS Provider Selection Regime Most Suitable Provider award. This provider was considered against the 5 key criteria above.

Award Detail

Award Criteria

CPV Codes

• 85323000 - Community health services

Legal Justification

The justification is set out below why the Trust chose to use the most suitable provider process without competition• Existing part of the model being procured already supported by this provider, well embedded and working to deliver the required KPI/performance, risk to destabilisation if moving to a different provider.• Limited provider with specific palliative care staff mean the direct award pool is small and other known providers reengaged and this is not part of their strategy or business model so were not intending to bid should we have gone to direct award• This is the only provider whom would be able to embark in a social value/co-funded offer of a pump primed initiative- making them the most value for money provider we have evaluated what this would cost to do ourselves and it would be more expensive• This is a service we will be evaluating and future contract award on the basis of this three year ‘partnership/pilot’• Given section 29a need to implement at pace and working with a provider able to implement in one month reduces harm to patients• Social value- local employer, and contributing to wider benefits on evaluation to share with others, training and education

Other Information

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