Published date: 8 January 2018

Withdrawn early engagement


Closing date: 23 February 2018

Contract summary

Industry

  • Health services - 85100000

Location of contract

East Midlands

Procurement reference

Vasectomy/Northants/2015

Published date

8 January 2018

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 Non Scalpel Vasectomy service aimed at delivering clinically effective, appropriate, convenient and easy to access care closer to patients.
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 in relation to patients with conditions as laid out in the service (see below).
• To provide a clinical assessment of all patients referred to the service for the management of conditions as listed below.
• To give clear support and advice to the patient during the course of treatment.
• 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
The aim is to ensure contraceptive option is provided by local Providers to patients. To ensure that the availability of vasectomies shall be provided, in accordance with the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologist guidelines, as another means of reducing unwanted pregnancies.
The vasectomy service shall not be confused with (and sits outside of) essential and additional General Medical Services (GMS) or Personal Medical Services (PMS) already provided by primary care medical.
The contract will be for I year commencing on 1st April 2016 with an option to extend for a further year.
Budget: £204,487

If you would like to express an interest in this opportunity, please email Rosalind.Carter@ardengemcsu.nhs.uk by no later than 4.00pm on Monday 5th October 2015.

More information

Previous notice about this procurement

Non-Scalpel Vasectomy Service

  • Early engagement
  • Published 4 September 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