Public procurement notice: Modification Of A Contract/Concession During Its Term
Published: 2020-06-03
Buyer: NHS West Hampshire Clinical Commissioning Group
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
CPV classification: 85100000: Health services

Technical requirements: The West Hampshire CCG Integrated Community Respiratory Service will deliver significant improvement in the care provided for people within this disease pathway, reduce avoidable admissions to hospital, minimise hospital length of stay and provide a model for integrated services for other long-term conditions:
a) To provide a high quality service for people with respiratory long-term conditions to ensure stable disease management, acute exacerbation care and complex case management in accordance with national guidance and best practice;
b) To reduce admissions by using evidence based effective treatment, in line with NICE guidelines, of exacerbations in the community facilitating the home care of patients;
c) To facilitate the early and accurate diagnosis, assessment and management of patients in the community, including pulmonary rehabilitation;
d) To provide an environment that allows patients to receive the maximum amount of treatment in the community including prompt exacerbation management;
e) To remove the barriers between primary and secondary care to ensure that patients admitted can be triaged effectively and discharged early but appropriately and managed at home by delivering intensive nursing support;
f) To provide support to patients and families in the community following early discharge from hospital;
g) To encourage self-management of the patient and family to self-care, through health promotion and education and support groups if appropriate, the use of patient held self-management plans and agreed care plans;
i) The introduction of a respiratory community clinic where the Consultant Respiratory Physician undertakes consultations with our more complex patients in conjunction with respiratory nurses and primary care lead, to facilitate an integrated care plan that will travel between primary and secondary care to enhance an integrated package of care;
j) To maintain and improve patient’s quality of life and promote optimal self-care through equitable access to Pulmonary Rehabilitation;
k) To provide a cost effective assessment and on-going support for people needing oxygen therapy that will improve clinical care and deliver value for money. NB: supply, maintenance and support of home oxygen equipment and consumables are excluded from this requirement.
The West Hampshire CCG Integrated Community Respiratory Service will deliver significant improvement in the care provided for people within this disease pathway, reduce avoidable admissions to hospital, minimise hospital length of stay and provide a model for integrated services for other long-term conditions:
a) To provide a high quality service for people with respiratory long-term conditions to ensure stable disease management, acute exacerbation care and complex case management in accordance with national guidance and best practice;
b) To reduce admissions by using evidence based effective treatment, in line with NICE guidelines, of exacerbations in the community facilitating the home care of patients;
c) To facilitate the early and accurate diagnosis, assessment and management of patients in the community, including pulmonary rehabilitation;


Winner: Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust