NHS England South (South East) - Integrated Healthcare Service to Sussex Adult prisons (HMPs Ford and Lewes)

Descriptions

NHS England South (South East) seeks to commission a lead provider model for Integrated Healthcare services to HMP Ford and HMP Lewes. The provider will be expected to deliver integrated patient centred care across the full range of health service specialties detailed in the service specification(s). NHS England will be using the most recently published, NHS Standard Contract for Healthcare Service(s), including the APMS contract in Schedule 2L, and an NHS Personal Dental Services (PDS) contract for the Dental services provision. A tripartite agreement will be necessary between the Prime provider, the dental services provider and NHS England if the prime provider cannot hold a PDS contract in their own right. The contract is due to commence on 1st April 2020 (except for SMS at HMP Lewes). Contract duration is 7 years. Maximum total contract value; £42,235,000 This service will be commissioned as part of the overall Offender Health pathway within the prisons and as such this model will ensure an integrated, recovery orientated service delivery system both within the prisons and onwards into the community. The service will focus on delivering person-centred care within seamless, integrated structured clinical and psychosocial interventions/services in prison and facilitating arrangements through the gate into the community to ensure effective continuity of care. The services include (please see service specifications) •General Practitioners Provision •Primary Care Nursing •Dental services - HMP Lewes only •Pharmacy Services (Including mechanism for OOH provision). •Inpatient Unit facility at HMP Lewes •Substance Misuse Services (including Substance Misuse wing at HMP Lewes). (NB: Service delivery commencement for this element is deferred to 3rd October 2020 for HMP Lewes only. Provision at HMP Ford will commence on 1st April 2020). •Optometry •Podiatry •Audiology •Primary and Secondary Mental Health and Learning Disability Services •Health Promotion and Prevention •Appropriate administrative and data management support (including data intelligence and reporting resource; date and intelligence analysis) •Musculoskeletal therapies •Smoking cessation •Blood Born Viruses testing to include funding, access and delivery (including provision of testing facilities where necessary). •Consultant-led Pain management clinic(s) •Therapies •Sexual Health screening The preferred bidder will liaise with the SMS provider to ensure mobilisation of services under this contract from 3rd October 2020. NHS England will work with the provider to transfer the budget and responsibility for IM&T provision to them during the life of the contract, via a contract variation. In order to ensure the Provider can manage Escort and Bed Watch Services in an effective and efficient manner and to protect the Provider against significant costs that are out of their control, a risk share agreement scheme will be included within the contract.