Published date: 12 October 2015

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Contract summary

Industry

  • Health services - 85100000

Location of contract

East Midlands

Procurement reference

AuralToilette/Northants/2015

Published date

12 October 2015

Closing date

23 February 2018

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

No

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

NHS Corby and NHS Nene CCG's are looking to commission a community based service providing aural toilet treatment closer to patients aged 18 years and over that is clinically effective, appropriate, convenient and easy to access.

The aim is to deliver patient satisfaction through a high quality and responsive service by reducing waiting times for assessment and treatment. The community service will ensure efficient use of resources via a cost effective service model and contribute to the system wide ambition to ensure Right Care Right Time 1st time.
Providers are expected to recognise that high quality health care is multi-disciplinary and should be delivered through good working relationships with other partners.

The service will be expected:
• To receive referrals from GP's for those that cannot be undertaken at practice level
• To provide an outcome summary to the patient's GP once the course of treatment has been completed.
• To help reduce the number of referrals to secondary care, where appropriate.
• To take responsibility for undertaking audits on patient satisfaction
Duration of Contract

The contract will be for I year commencing on 1st April 2016 with an option to extend for a further year.

Budget: £64,324

If you would like to express an interest in this opportunity, please email Rosalind.Carter@ardengemcsu.nhs.uk by no later than 5.00pm on Friday 30th October 2015.

About the buyer

Contact name

Rosalind Carter

Address

Francis Crick House, Summerhouse Road, Moulton Park Industrial Estate
Northampton
NN3 6BJ
England

Email

Rosalind.Carter@ardengemcsu.nhs.uk