Palliative Care Fast Track End of Life Domiciliary Care Service

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***DEADLINE EXTENDED TO 20/11/20*** The NHS Sussex Commissioners comprising NHS West Sussex CCG, NHS East Sussex CCG and NHS Brighton and Hove CCG are considering commissioning a Palliative Care Fast Track End of Life Domiciliary Care Service, under a single provider contract.

A Pilot service has been running since 01 September 2018 covering specific GP surgery boundaries within West Sussex.

The pilot was set up to provide enhanced Domiciliary Care for Fast Track CHC funded patients by End of Life care providers.

This was not to provide nursing care which is provided by Community nurses, GP surgeries and, in some cases, Hospice nurses.

Outside of the pilot areas all Domiciliary Care packages of care are put out to agencies to cover the prescribed levels of care required as per the originator of the Fast Track application.

Within the pilot areas the providers met with the individual/family to discuss what was available and what was required taking into account full personalisation of care for the individual.

Where a package of care needs increasing, agencies currently contact Continuing Healthcare (CHC) to agree this.

Under the pilot, autonomy has been given to the providers to increase/decrease the amount of care provision as required without the need for authorisation from CHC.

A virtual market engagement event will be held on Tuesday 24th November 2020, for further details and to book your place please access the RFI documents at https://in-tendhost.co.uk/soepscommissioning/aspx/Home.

It is anticipated that the service would be offered for tender under a standard NHS contract for a period of 3 years commencing on the 1st April 2022 with the option to extend for a maximum of a further two years.

The approximate anticipated contract value is £3Million per annum in total for East Sussex, West Sussex and Brighton and Hove.

The total anticipated value of the full potential 5 year contract (3+2) is therefore approximately £15Million.

Provisional Contract start date = 01 April 2022 Provisional Contract end date = 31 March 2025 (plus additional extension of up to 2 years) Closing date for RFI responses: 12pm midday on 20 Nov 2020 The purpose of this RFI is to gauge market interest and feedback via the RFI response form for the provision of Palliative Care Fast Track End of Life Domiciliary Care Services and provide the CCGs with valuable information to help update and improve the current service specification.

If you would like to discuss any aspects of the requirements, please send a portal message suggesting a date/time for a telephone conversation.

Please return your completed questionnaire to: https://intendhost.co.uk/soepscommissioning/aspx/Home by 12pm Friday 20 November 2020

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