NHS Halton CCG — Urgent Treatment Centres

Descriptions

Provision of local Urgent Treatment Centres (UTC) that ensures integration into local primary and community care hubs and delivers same day urgent needs to the population ensuring a consult and complete episode of care is provided. The Urgent Treatment Centres will be both an open-access and a referred-in service, operating on the principle that all patients should receive a consistent and rigorous assessment of the urgency of their need and an appropriate and prompt response. The main elements of the service will include: • triage – on-line and clinical face-to-face triage; • observation of UTC patients who are awaiting treatment to identify any deterioration; • treatment (including medications provided directly or prescribed) and discharge; • support self-care and patient education. Total final value of contract Value: GBP 32 154 252 across both CCGs of (includes full achievement of the outcome- based performance elements of the service specification) for the duration of the 5 years.