NHS Staffordshire CCGs Termination of Pregnancy Services

Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent CCGs have successfully procured a Termination of Pregnancy Services which shall provide a fully comprehensive package of care including assessment, counselling, treatment, follow-up care and contraceptive advice and provision for all women requesting induced abortions.

The following Clinical Commissioning Groups are participating in this procurement:

• Cannock Chase Clinical Commissioning Group
• Stafford & Surrounds Clinical Commissioning Group
• South East Staffordshire and Seisdon Peninsula Clinical Commissioning Group
• East Staffordshire Clinical Commissioning Group
• North Staffordshire Clinical Commissioning Group
• Stoke on Trent Clinical Commissioning Group

The Provider shall deliver a full package of care addressing and maximising opportunities for contraception, sexual health and mental health needs as well as the actual termination of pregnancy procedure.

The objectives of the service are to:

• Offer high quality, impartial support and advice to all service users who request an abortion, regardless of age, ethnicity, language, disability, religious or personal circumstances.

• To provide service users with appropriate information on post-abortion counselling services both prior to and after having a termination.

• Provide service users with access to an abortion as early as possible.

• Offer a range of contraception including long acting reversible contraception and if the patient chooses, provide on the same day as the termination. The objective being to minimise the number of repeat terminations.

• Improve the sexual health of women by providing screening and treatment as appropriate for Chlamydia for people at risk, Provide information and signpost women to local sexual health services.

• Ensure that risk of infection and other complications to service users is minimised.

• Ensure clear and responsive pathways with acute hospital gynaecology services for complex patients who have medical complications or are considered high risk.

• Ensure that guidelines on supporting and managing young people under the age of 18 are adhered to.

• Ensure that services are delivered in line with current legislation (I.e. Abortion Act) and adhere to national guidelines with regards to the Covid-19 Pandemic.

The service provider is to deliver this service for a period of 3 years with an optional 24 months extension available.

The annual service value is 1,059,093. The contract is on a block basis and will be unaffected by activity levels, the contract will be subject to a cap and collar on activity levels.