Integrated Urgent Care Services including the Provision of NHS 111 Services

Descriptions

NHS Derby and Derbyshire Clinical Commissioning Group are leading a procurement project across 4 counties in the East Midlands: Derbyshire; Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland; Northamptonshire; and Nottinghamshire previously invited expressions of interest from suitably qualified and experienced providers capable of delivering a range of aspects of Integrated Urgent Care (IUC). As a result of the significant pressure on Providers and Commissioners in responding to the Covid-19 pandemic this notice is designed to inform the market of the commissioners intention to delay this project for a 12 month period, ensuring all existing IUC contracts that are to be procured alongside the NHS111 service are co-terminus with the revised date. The delay will allow both the commissioner and the market to focus their resource on responding to the pandemic. Moreover, the delay is designed to encourage greater competition ensuring the IUC market can respond to the invitation to tender when published.