End of Life Care Coordination Service in Wandsworth

Battersea Healthcare CIC (BHCIC) has been appointed by Wandsworth CCG as the Multiple Specialty Community Provider (MCP) to act as lead provider for a range of local health services.

A new service has been piloted for the last 2 years which is about to be awarded by the BHCIC as a substantive contract following the successful outcomes being achieved by the pilot service. The new contract is likely to be for 4 years, with the potential to be extended for a further 3 years after that.

Whilst the pilot service has been successfully delivered by a local voluntary sector provider offering very good value for money within a challenged financial budget, the BHCIC now wishes to understand if there is any additional interest is delivering the service which will provide a "stable" contact point for patients and Health Care Professionals (HCPs) within Wandsworth, whilst contributing to, adapting to and incorporating changes to processes and pathways as the system changes. The oversight to be provided through this service will maximise the use of commissioned services across the system to support quality patient care and improve outcomes for individuals and the system as a whole.

Please see the attached DRAFT service specification for further information about the End of Life Coordination Service.

Additional information: ***INTERESTED PARTIES ARE ASKED TO RETURN THE ATTACHED QUESTIONNAIRE TO: ekkehard_kugler@nhs.net REFERENCING ' END OF LIFE CARE COORDINATION SERVICE IN THE TITLE. THE DEADLINE FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST IS 5pm ON 30th JUNE 2016***

Whilst your response will not form part of any potential subsequent procurement application, your response, or lack of response will inform the BHCIC whether or not it is appropriate to award a contract directly, or via a competitive process. If a competitive process is to take place, it is likely that this will commence from August 2017 to enable a new service to commence ASAP thereafter.