NHS Sheffield CCG : Community Optometry Treatment Services

Community Optometry Treatment Services Sheffield CCG are seeking to appoint a single lead contractor to offer a range of Community Optometry Treatment Services from existing optometry providers at scale across the city.

The Services are: • Paediatric Referral Refinement (PRR) • Primary Eyecare Acute Referral Scheme (PEARS) • Triage of Optometrist Referrals to secondary care • Glaucoma Referral Refinement (GRR) • Contact Applanation Tonometry Service (CATS) The services outlined in the individual service specifications addresses the requirement to reduce unnecessary referrals to secondary care, thus improving the accessibility of services to patients bringing care closer to home and reducing pressure on local secondary care provision.

There is a requirement for existing coverage across the city to be retained as a minimum.

The contract will be for 3 (three) year duration with an option to extend for a further (1) (one) year and on a cost and volume basis, based on existing levels of activity and spend resulting in an anticipated contract value of £320,000 p.a.

SCCG does not guarantee any minimum levels of spend or activity in relation to this contract.

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