Long Acting Reversible Contraception in Primary Care Settings Dynamic Purchasing System LIVE

Descriptions

Kent County Council is procuring through Primary Care, the fitting, monitoring, checking,and removal of intrauterine devices (IUDs), intrauterine systems (IUSs) and sub-dermalimplants (SDIs), collectively known as long-acting reversible contraception (LARC), forcontraceptive purposes only. The Council is aiming to procure a service which is available ineach Kent geographical Primary Care Network area, to ensure access for serviceshroughout the county.The service will be provided in primary care settings across Kent, by practitioners who holdvalid and up-to-date Letters of Competence (LoC), as issued by the Faculty of Sexual andReproductive Healthcare (FSRH), for the procedures undertaken, orby potential providers who have suitability to pursue the professional activity, including theability to:- achieve and maintain competence to deliver LARC as specified by the FSRH as part of aprimary care pathway.- have appropriate treatment rooms and facilities for delivery of LARC as specified by FSRHlatest clinical guidance, within each geographical GP PCN/ neighbourhood quadrant.- ensure that patients with needs relating to uncomplicated STIs should have their caremanaged by appropriately skilled healthcare professionals, as defined by the lateststandards specified by the British Association for Sexual Health and HIV (BASHH).