East Sussex Urgent Treatment Centres (UTCs) RFI and Market Event

Descriptions

The UTCs will be community and primary care facilities providing access to urgent care for the local population. The UTCs will deliver care that encompasses walk in attendances at any time of the day at the front door of A&E with a same day urgent care need, which will be triaged before onward referral to the UTC and attendances for booked appointments for patients with a same day urgent need bookable through NHS 111 or the Clinical Assessment Service (CAS), GP practices or ambulance services.The UTC will be open for 24 hours per day, 7 days per week including bank holidays, to maximize the UTCs ability to receive streamed patients who would otherwise attend an A&E department. The service must ensure it aligns with the visiting service as outlined above ensuring effective flexibility of workforce and utilization of staff, skills and expertise.