Published date: 23 August 2018

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: 24 September 2018

Contract summary

Industry

  • Health services - 85100000

Location of contract

Yorkshire and the Humber

Value of contract

£0 to £493,288

Procurement reference

tender_177579/696278

Published date

23 August 2018

Closing date

24 September 2018

Contract start date

3 December 2018

Contract end date

2 December 2022

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (below threshold)

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

This procedure can be used for procurements below the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

NHS England have introduced a Medicines Optimisation in Care Homes (MOCH) programme, the focus being on care home residents using the Pharmacy Integration Fund (PhIF) to support the deployment of expert pharmacy teams to work in care homes from 2018/19 to 2019/20.

The Medicines Optimisation in Care Homes programme focuses on care home residents, across all types of care home settings and aims to deploy dedicated clinical pharmacy teams that will:

- Provide care home residents with equity of access to a clinical pharmacist prescriber as a member of the multidisciplinary team, with the supporting infrastructure for achieving medicines optimisation according to need

- Provide care homes with access to pharmacy technicians who will ensure the efficient supply and management of medicines within the care home, supporting care home staff and residents to achieve the best outcomes from medicines.

The programme is aligned to the Framework for Enhanced Health in Care Homes, which was co-produced by the care home Vanguards. Medicines optimisation and management when integrated within this framework has been shown to:

- Improve quality of care through better medicines use
- Reduce risk of harm from medicines through medicines optimisation and safer medicines systems and staff training
- Release resources through medicines optimisation and waste reduction (estimated by the Vanguards to £223 per resident per year), reduction in hospital admissions and release of care home nurse time.

More information

Links

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How to apply:

Potential Bidders are requested to register on the NHS Sourcing Portal (www.nhssourcing.co.uk) where the documentation is available to download under Project_21498 and ITT_4561

Costs are based on the full term of 2+1+1 (total possible 4 years).

About the buyer

Contact name

Jim England

Address

Health House, Grange Park Lane, Willerby,
Hull
HU10 6DT
England

Email

jim.england@nhs.net