SOUTH OF ENGLAND PROCUREMENT SERVICES
Request for Information - Endoscopy Service - Brighton and Hove
This sits in the upper-middle of the Health & Social Care band — a substantial contract for the sector. Based on 32,734 valued Health & Social Care tenders in our corpus.
The purpose of this RFI is to gauge market interest for the provision of a Community Endoscopy Service and provide the CCG with valuable information to help update and improve the current service specification.
NHS Brighton and Hove CCG intends to commission a service which will provide GPs access to endoscopy services in a range of settings, including; dedicated diagnostic centres, GP centres, secondary care and at a variety of mobile locations across Brighton and Hove.
Commissioners are considering commissioning a Community Endoscopy Service under a single provider contract.
The service is to be offered at payment by results (PbR) tariff for approximately 1,540 endoscopy procedures per annum.
The CCG intends to commission a local community service that will be easily accessible to patients within Brighton and Hove working alongside BSUH.
The service would be offered for tender under a standard NHS contract for a period of 3 years commencing on the 1st October 2017 with option to extend for a maximum of a further two years.
The proposed service will provide; Direct GP rapid access referral for Gastroscopy.
This Endoscopy Service will provide for a direct access diagnostic service offering GPs the opportunity to refer patients directly for upper GI endoscopy without prior clinic consultation.
Flexible Sigmoidoscopy or Colonoscopy will provide for a direct access flexible sigmoidoscopy or colonoscopy service with nurse triage offering a diagnostic service for GPs to assist them with the management of patients under the age of 55yrs who present to primary care with lower GI symptoms.
This service will provide a nurse triage appointment prior to scope to ensure patient appropriateness for this pathway.
This Service would deliver a safe, high quality service for NHS Brighton and Hove CCG that offers patients a choice of provider, together with choice of location, date and time of appointments, excellent outcomes and an improved patient experience.
A draft service specification and RFI response form is available on the e-tendering portal (link below).
RFI responses are requested to be submitted via the portal by 4pm on Thursday 6th April.
What the supplier must deliver
The purpose of this RFI is
The purpose of this RFI is to gauge market interest for the provision of a Community Endoscopy Service and provide the CCG with valuable information to help update and improve the current service specification.
NHS Brighton and Hove CCG intends
NHS Brighton and Hove CCG intends to commission a service which will provide GPs access to endoscopy services in a range of settings, including; dedicated diagnostic centres, GP centres, secondary care and at a variety of mobile locations across Brighton and Hove.
The proposed service will provide
The proposed service will provide;.
This Endoscopy Service will provide for
This Endoscopy Service will provide for a direct access diagnostic service offering GPs the opportunity to refer patients directly for upper GI endoscopy without prior clinic consultation.
Flexible Sigmoidoscopy or Colonoscopy will provide
Flexible Sigmoidoscopy or Colonoscopy will provide for a direct access flexible sigmoidoscopy or colonoscopy service with nurse triage offering a diagnostic service for GPs to assist them with the management of patients under the age of 55yrs who present to primary care with lower GI symptoms.
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