NHS NORTH KIRKLEES CLINICAL COMMISSIONING GROUP - MUSCULOSKELETAL SERVICE

North Kirklees CCG is looking for a provider to set up and manage an MSK hub, acting as a single point of access for referral support, guidance and advice and access point for treatment after clinical assessment.

The service will provide MSK orthopaedic triage (examination, assessment, diagnosis and treatment) and MSK physiotherapy services for patients aged 18 years or over who have pain or other symptoms, restricted movement or reduced function from an MSK, Orthopaedic or related symptom, set of symptoms, condition or illness. In addition, the service will through a hub approach provide advice, guidance and referral for minor hand surgery as well as direct listing with secondary care for primary replacement surgery after satisfactory assessments and diagnostics have been undertaken.

The scope of the service includes;

The provider will work with secondary care providers to identify conditions and agreed pathways and thresholds that are appropriate for direct primary care to secondary care referral; via the hub (eg hip and knee referrals with a defined Oxford or New Zealand measurement score), working up proposals for minor surgical intervention, secondary care opinion to support self-care or establishing protocols for group based treatment approaches and agreeing the mobilisation of Shared Decision Making tools, such as MAGIC.

Additional information: Next steps:

If you would like to submit a tender for this service please express your interest by registering on the Bravo e-procurement portal website https://www.nhssourcing.co.uk, reference number itt_3391. Once registered potential providers will be able to complete their submission. This procurement will be open 21 March – 23 April 2016.

For further information please contact: Brenda.powell@greaterhuddersfieldccg.nhs.uk