Greater Preston and Chorley & South Ribble CCGs - Integrated Urgent Care

Greater Preston and Chorley and South Ribble CCG’s is seeking expressions of interest from suitably qualified and experienced organisations to deliver an Integrated Urgent Care Service which shall include Urgent Care Centres (UCC), GP Home visiting services

(during traditional out of hours (OOH) periods) , Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT) Services and in conjunction with North West Ambulance Service (NWAS) a Pathways Alternative to Transport Service (PATS) to their populations from facilities co located with the Emergency Departments (ED) of Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust at Royal Preston and Chorley District Hospitals.

The CCG’s wish to appoint a single (prime) provider to deliver the services across the combined CCG areas.

Co-located at the existing Emergency Departments at Royal Preston and Chorley District Hospitals, walk in patients will access the UCC and Emergency Departments through the same entrance and reception/waiting areas at each location. Patients will also access the DVT and attend pre booked face to face appointments during traditional GP OOH periods (as Urgent Centre attendances) through this single entrance. The remaining GP Home visiting and NWAS PATS will also be based out of the same facilities.

Locally patients will access Urgent Care Services during the traditional OOH periods via “111”, and PATS via referral from NWAS after the patients most usually contacting “111” in the first instance.