NOTTINGHAM CITY CCG CONTRACT FOR THE PROVISION OF COMMUNITY END OF LIFE SERVICES

Description

Nottingham City CCG Invite expressions of interest from suitably qualified Suppliers for the Provision of a Community End of Life Service. The aim of the service is to provide a coordinated response to community End of Life care to support service users and their carers. The service shall: Deliver integrated supportive/palliative care and end of life care across Nottingham City Maximise opportunities to provide continuity of care for the service user and their significant others. The Provider shall remain “organisationally agnostic” to ensure co-ordination to achieve maximum outcomes Assist the service user to attain, retain or sustain their ability to remain in their preferred place of care Improve the service user/carer/family experience and support care provided by informal carers Deliver equity of access in all elements of the End of Life care pathway and service Promote general health and wellbeing of service users by liaising with partner organisations to hasten the timely delivery of assessed interventions Recognise and support/champion the function of the nominated keyworker Reduce the number of inappropriate service user hospital admissions and promote timely discharge Adopt and support the current Nottinghamshire End of Life pathway Adopt the principles of latest best practice to support and encourage an innovative culture and continuous development model as part of any service delivery and evaluation. The contract will be managed under a Lead Provider model and the NHS Nottingham City CCG welcome expressions from interested Consortia utilising the NHS Standard contract.