NHS Leeds CCG Primary Care Support Service Invitation to Tender

Descriptions

A Locally Enhanced Service for Primary Care Clinical Service to support the discharge to assess service at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. The discharge to assess service will be delivered to 48 Assessment and Rehabilitation Beds (ARB) at Wharfedale Hospital and up to 94 ARBs on 3 Wards in the Beckett Wing at St James's hospital. The purpose of the service is; -to provide primary care clinical support and leadership to the newly commissioned ARBs at Wharfedale Hospital and at St James's hospital -to take a leading role in developing the service and embedding a culture of continuous quality improvement -to lead the multi- disciplinary team to develop a proactive approach to assessment and recovery and to develop links between the service and other partners -to ensure patients are appropriately assessed, their functions are optimised and they are discharged in a timely manner to the most appropriate community services or long term care.