Published date: 24 October 2017

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Closing: 10 November 2017

Contract summary

Industry

  • Health services - 85100000

Location of contract

East Midlands

Value of contract

£2,500,000

Procurement reference

KETT001-DN303763-67618136

Published date

24 October 2017

Closing date

10 November 2017

Contract start date

1 February 2018

Contract end date

31 January 2021

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

The Primary Care Streaming Service (PCSS) will be provided from the Kettering General Hospital site located within the Emergency Department (ED)
The key requirements for the PCSS are:
• Provide the right care, by the most appropriate person, in the right setting ensuring consistent responses at the first point of contact.
• Streaming non-urgent patients that attend the Emergency Department back to primary care.
• Primary care GP working closely with their ED colleagues to collaboratively lead the provision of Primary Care Services at KGH
• Access for walk-in patients will be via the Clinical Streamer if appropriate providing a seamless pathway to any further assessment required including ED and referral (if necessary) to a hospital specialist.
• Contributing to the Service development of Frail Elderly attendances at the ED from both the admission avoidance and discharge facilitation perspective.
• Contributing to the development of ambulance patient access to the service.
• Facilitation of unregistered patients to register with a GP practice
• Providing health promotion and self-management education to patients, relatives and carers.
• Assuring facilitation of 1st Assessment completion within the designated 15 minutes, including NEWS and ECG where required
• Seeing and treating and discharging all patients within 4 hours of their arrival at the service
• Making all see and treat decisions within 60 minutes of the patient's arrival at the service
• Ensuring that necessary transfers occur within 60 minutes of arrival at the service
• Assuring completion of Medway for patients attending the service, with appropriate coding

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About the buyer

Contact name

Anne Greatorex

Address

ROTHWELL RD
KETTERING
NN16 8UZ
United Kingdom

Telephone

+44 1536493753

Email

anne.greatorex@kgh.nhs.uk

Website

http://www.kgh.nhs.uk