APMS - Graham Road Surgery and Horizon Health to NHS BNSSG ICB

Tender description

The practices are situated in extremely deprived areas Weston Super Mare. Providers are expected to take note of this and demonstrate in their bids how the services to be provided will reflect this and reduce health inequalities. Background information on local demography and local strategies are set out in the ITT. Providers may supplement this with their own research/local knowledge. The BNSSG Integrated Care Board (ICB) published its Integrated Care Strategy in 2023 and its Joint Forward Plan in May 2023, which set out a bold ambition for a primary care of the future. Primary care faces significant challenges including, but not limited to, patient access and experience, workload and demand, workforce and estates. There is a growing level of same-day demand, with higher acuity, which has impacted continuity of care. Our key deliverables for general practice are: - • Deliver the Recovering Access to Primary Care Plan. • Continue to improve digital maturity and re-procure a digital platform for GPs. • Implement a suite of digital and business intelligence solutions to support the • management of workload. • Provide practice support services to assist practices in addressing operational • challenges. • Develop and implement a general practice workforce strategy. • Integrate primary care workforce strategy with the wider system workforce strategy and NHS Long Term Workforce Plan. • Deliver the Training Hub 5 Year Strategy. • Develop and implement a general practice Estates Strategy. • Establish a ten-year capital investment plan from 2025/26. • Set out the roadmap to net carbon zero for the general practice estate.