Special Allocaiton Scheme for Nottingham & Nottinghamshire CCG

NHS Nottingham & Nottinghamshire Clinical Commissioning Group are seeking suitably qualified and experienced providers to deliver a Special Allocation Scheme.

It is a national requirement that a local Special Allocation Scheme (formerly 'violent patient scheme') provider is commissioned to deliver essential primary care services for patients which have been removed from their practice list due to violence and allocated to the Special Allocation Scheme. Provision for a Special Allocation Scheme is set out in the GMS and the PMS regulations (together, the 'Regulations').

Local defined outcomes are:

The overarching objectives of the service are to:

All patients have the right to be registered with a GP and access primary care; however, where a patient has been subject to immediate removal from a GP's patient list their rights to accessing primary care are limited, e.g. patient choice of practice, including location of services and entitlement to home visits. For patients to again hold these rights they must demonstrate rehabilitation so far as to warrant discharge from the SAS and transfer to mainstream general practice. The provider should align the service to mainstream general practice where possible which will assist in the patient's discharge and transition from the SAS.

The procurement is made up of two lots:

Lot 1 - Greater Nottingham patients Lot 2 - Mid-Nottinghamshire patients