Supply of Wound Care Products Into the Community and TVN Financial Support

Descriptions

NHS Isle of Wight (IOW) Clinical Commissioning Group (host) and Isle of Wight NHS Trust, invite interested parties to tender for a contract for the supply of wound care products into the community and TVN Financial Support. The contracting authorities require a wound care ordering system and contractor to deliver wound care products directly to the general practices/nursing homes and the community nurse hubs (Newport, Sandown and Ryde, plus several satellite hubs). The contracting authority(s) are also seeking financial support for (1.5 WTE) Tissue viability nurses (TVNs), at NHS Agenda for Change Band 6, to be employed by the IOW NHS Trust and integrated within the community nursing team, to provide outreach into the community to deliver integrated complex wound care across the island, focusing on areas where there is greatest clinical need. Further details can be found in the service specification within the ITT Document set.