End of Life Services

PIN Notice - PRJ-922 End of Life Rapid Response Service BHR CCGs

Barking & Dagenham, Havering and Redbridge Clinical Commissioning Groups (BHR CCGs) are looking to invest in an End of Life Rapid Response Service. The service will provide nursing support out of hours (8pm -6am) 7 days a week to patients who are nearing/at the end of life and for their families. The support will include nursing interventions, personal care and family support. The service may support a patient and their family at home for up to 4 hours or longer, to avoid hospital admission. The prospective provider will need to be: • Able to provide an out of hours (8pm-6am) service all through the year • Able to demonstrate a proven track record and expertise of working with adult patients who are nearing/at the end of life and their families • Able to demonstrate established relationships with the providers of community services, LAS, hospices and primary care in North East London • Able to start the service from 1st August 2020 • Able to demonstrate CQC Registration for this service • Able to demonstrate that you have the internal resource(s) and capability to take on, manage and provide this service • Able to demonstrate that you currently operate or have operated similar services within the past three years. Please provide details of these contracts.

If you would like to express an interest in this opportunity, please complete the attached form and return to nelcsu.procurementnorthants@nhs.net no later than 12:00 Noon on Monday 16 March 2020. Only those providers who evidence that they meet the above minimum requirements will be taken through to the next round of the procurement process. Due to the time constraints for this process, you will be notified of your organisation's inclusion in the next stage in a timely manner. Please ensure that your organisation is registered on the E system ProContract https://procontract.due-north.com/Register