Specialist Assessment of the Frail Elderly Service - North Lincolnshire

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The Specialist Assessment of the Frail Elderly (SAFE) services delivers proactive care for people at risk of, or living with, frailty in North Lincolnshire. The GP-led specialist service undertakes holistic Frailty Assessments for a proactively identified patient cohort and develops person-centred care and support plans, including advanced care planning where appropriate, for those individuals. The service is delivered in the patient's own home or in a clinic setting, based on individual's need. The service provides both 'routine' and 'rapid access' appointments. Rapid access appointments are offered for those patients where there is a high risk of hospital admission within the next 2 weeks, or where a patient has been discharged from Same Day Emergency Care (SDEC) or acute Frailty service and is at risk of readmission. Lot 1: The Specialist Assessment of the Frail Elderly (SAFE) services delivers proactive care for people at risk of, or living with, frailty in North Lincolnshire. The GP-led specialist service undertakes holistic Frailty Assessments for a proactively identified patient cohort and develops person-centred care and support plans, including advanced care planning where appropriate, for those individuals. The service is delivered in the patient's own home or in a clinic setting, based on individual's need. The service provides both 'routine' and 'rapid access' appointments. Rapid access appointments are offered for those patients where there is a high risk of hospital admission within the next 2 weeks, or where a patient has been discharged from Same Day Emergency Care (SDEC) or acute Frailty service and is at risk of readmission. NHS Humber and North Yorkshire ICB is intending to award a contract an existing provider following direct award process C of The Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. Approximate lifetime value of the contract is £2,280,320 Contract term - 01/04/2024 - 31/03/2029 (contract term may be extended by 2 years).