East Sussex Urgent Treatment Centres (UTCs)

NHS Eastbourne, Hailsham and Seaford (EHS) CCG and NHS Hastings and Rother (HR) CCG are investigating jointly commissioning Urgent Treatment Centres (UTCs) for their respective populations. They are therefore inviting interested providers to attend a market warming event and to respond to a Request For Information (RFI) to inform their thinking about the best ways of commissioning the service.

The UTC will be either a GP-led service, under the clinical leadership of a GP, or a service that is joint led with ED Consultants.

The approximate contract value is £2.6 million per year, and the provisional contract duration is 5 years with an option to extend for a further two years. The maximum financial envelope is therefore circa £18m for the maximum 7 year duration of the contract. Both the financial envelope and the contract term are still under review and are therefore subject to change prior to a formal PIN with CC or Contract Notice being issued.

Market Warming Event Details

Venue (tbc): American Express Community Stadium (AMEX) in Brighton.

Details of the venue can be found here - https://www.eventsatbhafc.co.uk/general-information/arriving-at-the-amex.php

Please register your interest in the East Sussex UTC Service and RSVP to this event via the In-Tend Procurement Portal https://in-tendhost.co.uk/soepscommissioning/aspx/Home by Thursday 26 April 2018 with the following information for each individual who will be attending from your organisation:

Name: Organisation: Job Title:

We would very much value your attendance and input.

The deadline for completed RFIs is 12pm (midday) Wed 9/5/18

Additional information: The UTCs will be community and primary care facilities providing access to urgent care for the local population. The UTCs will deliver care that encompasses Walk in attendances at any time of the day at the front door of A&E with a same day urgent care need, which will be triaged before onward referral to the UTC and attendances for booked appointments for patients with a same day urgent need bookable through NHS111 or the Clinical Assessment Service (CAS), GP practices or ambulance services.

The UTC will be open for 24 hours per day, 7 days per week including Bank Holidays, to maximize the UTCs ability to receive streamed patients who would otherwise attend an A&E department. The service must ensure it aligns with the Visiting service as outlined above ensuring effective flexibility of workforce and utilization of staff, skills and expertise.