Brent Community Physiotherapy Services

NHS Brent CCG is responsible for the provision of a number of community-based services.

NHS Brent CCG is therefore engaging with interested parties on future provision with a view to ensuring that the needs of Brent residents are met, and that patients can access the right level of care in the right setting. This will inform the CCG’s route to market for the specific services listed above.

We expect this engagement process to stimulate thinking and responses which go beyond simply re-providing services as they are currently configured and specified.

While this includes improving communications, co-ordination, and reducing duplication between services, it also should result in improving access for patients and promoting greater coherence across the system.

All community-based physiotherapy services should also be primary-care focussed. By this we mean that the perspective of treatment should be about how the patient can best be managed in primary care. Our community-based physiotherapy delivery needs to be seen to be part of the wider primary care set of responsibilities for the whole care of the patient.

The MoI is intended as a preliminary background explanation of NHS Brent CCG’s activities and plans and is not intended to form the basis of any decision on the terms or specification upon which NHS Brent CCG will enter into any contractual relationship.

We would be grateful if responses to these questions could be submitted by 12 noon 6th November 2015. Responses should be sent by email to: ekkehard_kugler@nhs.net