NHS Elective Treatment and Diagnostic Services (NHS Southampton Elective Treatment Centre)

This is NOT a new contract award , this notice is being issued in order for a PCR Regulation 72 Modification Notice to be placed due to issues with Contracts Finder archived notices.

The Contract was advertised on 31st July 2014 following a full open and transparent tender process advertised on Contracts Finder. Crown Commercial Services archives have registered the original notice under reference 1495554 titled 'Advertisement for the provision of NHS Elective Treatment and Diagnostic Services for South Hampshire and the Isle of Wight'.

The Contract was awarded for 5 Years plus optional extension of 24 month commencing on 28th October 2015 and ends on 27th October 2022. Please note the Awarding Contracting Authority at the time was NHS Southampton City CCG, the new legal entity for the CCG is Hampshire, Southampton and Isle of Wight CCG. The Contract was awarded to Care UK Clinical Services Ltd who now operate as Practice Plus Group, Hospital Southampton,following the completion of the full tender process.

The service provides routine and urgent elective inpatient and outpatient care for adults and children 16 years and over in the following specialties:

• Orthopaedics including:
• oLower limb: Hip, Knee, Ankles and Foot
• oUpper limb: Shoulder, elbow, wrists and hand.
• oExcludes spinal surgery
• General Surgery
• Urology including cystoscopy
• Ear Nose and Throat
• Gynaecology: Excludes pre-natal, early pregnancy.
• Ophthalmology
• Anaesthetics, including Pain Management Interventions
• Diagnostic Radiology
• Diagnostic Endoscopy
• Pathology; routine samples
• Post-operative in-patient therapies; Physiotherapy, Speech and Language, and Occupational Therapy (internal consultant referral only)
• Oral Surgery NHS England Only

This service is commissioned to ensure sufficient and high quality local elective secondary care capacity for adults and children 16 years and over, including outpatients, diagnostics, elective inpatient and post-operative services. The catchment includes the populations of Hampshire, Southampton and Isle of Wight CCG, and associates to this contract, plus the wider Wessex catchment for referral for Oral Surgery.

The service should provide high quality and cost effective services to ensure that all patients are treated appropriately in line with adopted NICE clinical guidelines and mandatory technical appraisals, including local Individual Funding Request Policy Guidelines, clinical thresholds and referral criteria. Services should achieve all local and national waiting time targets and other key national and local key quality and performance targets.

The service provides a 24- hour, 7 day inpatient facility to safe standards. It offers day time, evening and Saturday appointments with some weekend diagnostic and operating sessions for those who find it difficult to attend during working hours.

Please note the Contract value is for the full maximum potential contract period of 7 years which includes extensions.