Tower Hamlets Provision of Local Enhanced Services

Description

The services are primarily focused on improving the health of patients with complex needs and long term conditions but also includes improvements in immunisations and vaccinations coverage, health checks and other areas of health care. The proposal is for these to be contracted with the Tower Hamlets GP Care Group, which is a GP federation whose members comprise all 37 GP practices in Tower Hamlets. This contractual change will reduce the transactional burden on both the CCG and GP practices. It will also enable a broader population health approach to the management of patients under the enhanced service and support a more collaborative approach to the delivery of care, enabling practices to share workforce during a period where all practices are experiencing significant recruitment challenges. Lot 1: GP Network Incentive Scheme (NIS) — Tower Hamlets CCG are to contract with Tower Hamlets GP Care Group for the provision of local enhanced services undertaken by the 37 GP practices within Tower Hamlets. A procurement process has not been followed as these services can only be undertaken by GP practices that hold the lists of Tower Hamlets registered patients. Tower Hamlets GP Care Group, is a GP federation whose members comprise all 37 GP practices in Tower Hamlets. The contract will be for 3 years from 1.4.2019 to 31.3.2022 with the possible extension of the contract by 2 years. This contractual change will reduce the transactional burden on both the CCG and GP practices, releasing management and clinical time to focus on the delivery of patient care.