2021/23 Discharge to Assess Beds for Rest and Recuperation

Description

NHS Leeds Clinical Commissioning Group are inviting interested providers to be part of a discharge to assess for rest and recuperation framework. The discharge to assess (D2A) service is an integrated person centred approach to the safe and timely transfer of medically stable patients from an acute hospital to a community setting for the assessment of their long term health and social care needs. The service is aimed at people who no longer have a reason to reside in hospital and therefore do not require an acute hospital bed, but who still require ongoing care for a period of assessment. The D2A service is aimed primarily at older people as the single biggest group of hospital bed users nationally. With a predicted growth in the over 65 age group these pressures are likely to increase. This specification outlines a temporary measure to alleviate pressures for this group across the wider health and social care system which may be further exacerbated by the COVID-19 outbreak. The care will be delivered to service users that have been identified by the commissioner (or organisation acting on behalf of the commissioner) as requiring up to 4 weeks rest or recuperation for their long term needs to be assessed which is likely to be to return home, with or without a package of care. To apply for this opportunity please complete the short pre-qualification questionnaire (PQQ)