PRJ-863 Bexley and Greenwich CCGs Urgent Treatment Service (Urgent Treatment Centres and Out-of-Hours Treatment)

Descriptions

Provision of Bexley and Greenwich Urgent Treatment Service (Urgent Treatment Centres and Out-of-Hours treatment).Bexley and Greenwich Clinical Commissioning Groups (BG CCGs) wish to commission urgent treatment centre services (UTCs) and an out-of-hours home visiting service (OOHHV) as part of a wider alliance of providers for urgent and emergency care. All services will be commissioned under a single contract. The BG CCGs' vision for their residents are GP led multi-disciplinary services that effectively prevent avoidable ED attendances and ensure that patients are treated in the most appropriate setting, according to their clinical and well-being needs, making use of the latest digital opportunities.Bexley and Greenwich CCGs' wish is to provide a system wide approach to healthcare of which urgent and emergency care is an important component. The urgent treatment service provider will be expected to work with system partners in order to provide right care, right time and right place. There needs to be a particularly strong emphasis on supporting and working collaboratively primary care and with acute providers within the emergency department setting. Our intention is to have an urgent treatment service provider who is an integral active partner of an urgent and emergency care alliance and is truly integrated with the wider local health and social care system working together to support patient care and financial stability of the system. It will be expected that over the course of the contract the provider will become an integral member under a wider alliance agreement.There will be 3 local urgent treatment centres across the 2 boroughs:— 1 co-located at Queen Elizabeth Hospital Woolwich (QEH),— 1 standalone unit in North Bexley at Erith and District Hospital (EDH), and— 1 standalone at Queen Mary’s Hospital Sidcup (QMS).