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Awarded · ResultStage · award

East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust

Virtual Ward GP Support Service

HealthcareCPV 85121100
ValueValue not published
Awarded
Published4 Jun 2024
RegionNationwide
Outcome — awarded
South Downs Health and Care Ltd

This is a contract result notice, not an open opportunity. Details from the official award data.

Who to contact
Angela Alletson
esht.procurement@nhs.net
+44 3001314511

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

The brief

A seven day per week service supporting the Trust Virtual Ward consisting of:<br/>• Daily attendance and patient review at a VW virtual ‘board round’ to discuss patients – as appropriate<br/>• Medical decision making & prescribing as required for VW patients<br/>• Escalation to ESHT Consultants from relevant specialties to support the VW team<br/>• Medical advice – available during working hours – for the Virtual Ward team<br/>• Occasional home visiting (rarely required) if it is clearly beneficial and will <br/>• Support the Virtual Ward team in communication and working with carers and relatives<br/>• Support the Trust in the development of Virtual Ward pathways, VW awareness, and efficacy of access/referral/discharge processes<br/>The GPs supporting the service are required to be able to offer face to face reviews occasionally and attend in person some development or service meetings, in a timely fashion and at short notiice – i.e. need to be working within East Sussex, able and willing to travel.<br/>The GPs also need to be experienced in general, skilled in supporting acute illness and in particular for patients with Frailty. <br/>The GP service must include GPs experienced in supporting virtual wards (to help with their own supervision and development).<br/>The GPs supporting also need to be familiar with local systems and processes (e.g.

HSCC, JCR, UCR, PSL etc arrangements).

GPs in the service need to be able to maintain good relations with ESHT Consultants (where relevant) and other primary care colleagues in East Sussex.

Key requirements

What the supplier must deliver

01

Escalation to ESHT Consultants from relevant specialties

Escalation to ESHT Consultants from relevant specialties to support the VW team.

02

Support the Virtual Ward team in communication

Support the Virtual Ward team in communication and working with carers and relatives.

03

I.e. need to be working within East

i.e. need to be working within East Sussex, able and willing to travel.

04

The GPs also need to be experienced

The GPs also need to be experienced in general, skilled in supporting acute illness and in particular for patients with Frailty.

05

The GP service must include GPs experienced

The GP service must include GPs experienced in supporting virtual wards (to help with their own supervision and development).

Derived from the notice text — always confirm against the original documents.

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Source & provenance
OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-046d54
Stage
award · Awarded
Source
Find a Tender
Buyer ref
017314-2024
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