Alliance Contract for Community Based Elective Care (LLR)

Descriptions

To offer all Leicester, Leicestershire & Rutland (LLR) patients a choice which includes end-to-end Integrated care pathways for routine elective care that are delivered within Leicester, Leicestershire & Rutland through an Alliance partnership agreement., Outcomes: Demonstrate the ability and flexibility to achieve each of the following key outcomes -, 1. Flex according to the needs of individual patients quickly and efficiently and to offer them choice (including, where appropriate, out of County): demonstrating effective dialogue with and response to patients., 2. Innovate & continually improve whole care pathways & quality outcomes in LLR: demonstrating clinical quality, innovation, safety & patient experience., 3. Realize maximum cost savings/efficiencies to the LLR health economy including use of fixed assets: demonstrating efficiency., 4. Minimize delays to implementing effective integration (end to end pathways and shared care): demonstrating ability to bring partners together including social care and collaborate successfully., 5. Actively shift care closer to home: demonstrating local care for pathways and localities where clinically appropriate and financially viable., 6. Enable commissioners to keep a lead role and effectively hold providers to account: demonstrating accountability., 7. Deliver the Better Care Together strategy of the local health economy: demonstrating managerial feasibility and capacity, The Alliance Contract partners work together to deliver specific strategic outcomes described above. Since the original contract was awarded, referral triage has been added to the service provided in order to support delivery of the strategic outcomes above. , The services within the contract include community based elective care daycase, new and follow up outpatients in:, General surgery ; Endoscopy; Orthopaedics; Ophthalmology; Ear nose and throat; General medicine; Elderly care; Diabetic management; Dermatology; Rheumatology; Cardiology; Gynaecology; Gastroenterology; Urology; Plastic surgery; Neurology; Nephrology; Maxillo/facial surgery; Pain management; Paediatrics; Diagnostics including imaging.