The Provision of an Occupational Health Service

Description

Tees Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust (TEWV) are the Mental Health & Learning Disability NHS Trust for County Durham and Darlington, Teesside, North Yorkshire, York and Selby. Along with partners, they deliver support to people in their own homes, and from community and hospital-based premises. From education and prevention, to crisis and specialist care their talented and compassionate teams work in partnership with patients, communities and partners to help the people of their region feel safe, understood, believed in and cared for. They are committed to new thinking that improves the wellbeing of the region and connect with communities and partners to get mental health care right, in areas that really need it. TEWV have more than 8,000 employees and work across more than 100 sites. In addition to their corporate teams, the remaining services are divided into two Care Group Boards; Durham, Tees Valley and Forensic Service Care Group Board and North Yorkshire and York Care Group Board. Some of the key sites are: • West Park Hospital, Darlington • Lanchester Road Hospital, Durham • Roseberry Park, Middlesbrough • Flatts Lane Centre, Normanby • North Moor House, Northallerton, • Huntingington House, York • Foss Park, York • Cross Lane Scarborogh • Windsor House, Harrogate TEWV also provide services into a number of HM Prisons in the North East, Cumbria, Hull and Humber. The Trust is keen to engage with the market to better understand supplier capability ahead of a potential further competition for Occupational Health Services. Lot 1: TEWV currently have a fully managed outsourced service provider to deliver Occupational Health Services to their workforce. Under this agreement they utilise a range of services including, management referrals, health screening, immunisations, vaccinations and physiotherapy and MSK services. The services are provided predominantly on a virtual basis (telephone/ video conference) except for those that require face to face such as physiotherapy, immunisations, and exceptional cases. In addition to this core occupational health service the organisation operate an Employee Assistance programme via VivUp and have in-house staff support and staff psychological services offering individual and group interventions. The intention is to continue utilising these services and therefore they are not in scope. Physiotherapy / MSK services are also outside of scope as a separate contract. The Trusts current Occupational Health activity levels are: Activity over a 6 month period Pre-Employment Health Questionnaires - Paper 779 Pre-Employment Telephone Appointments 14 Needlestick reviews 22 Occupational Health Advisor Master Days ** 192 Occupational Health Advisor Case Reviews 4 Occupational Health Physician Appointments 35 Occupational Health Physician Case Reviews 4 Occupational Health Nurse Master Days * 132 Ill Health Retirement 6 *Occupational Health Nurse Master days offer approx. 18 Appointments per day. E.g. Immunisations and new starter checks. ** Occupational Health Advisor Master day offer approx. 6 - 8 appointments per day. Activity from 1 December 2022 - 30 November 2023 (12 months) Hep B Core ABS Serology 86 HEP B Serology Antibody 756 Hep B Serology Surface Antigen 112 Hep B Vaccination booster 90 Hep B Vaccination Stage 1 Energix 353 Hep B Vaccination Stage 2 Energix 500 Hep B Vaccination Stage 3 Energix 655 Hep C RNA PCR Serology 22 HEP C Serology Antibodies ABS 21 HIV1 & HIV2 Serology 20 IGRA Blood Test 5 Measles Immunity Serology 109 MMR 1st Vaccination 96 MMR 2nd Vaccination 131 Needlestick 12 week bloods 2 Needlestick 24 week bloods 3 Rubella Serology Immunity 112 Vaccination Check Appointment F2F 16 Varicella 1st Vaccination 23 Varicella 2nd Vaccination 16 Varicella Serology Immunity 95 TEWV require the successful supplier for Occupational Health services to mobilise for a smooth transition for a go live date of 1st December 2024. The organisation is keen to engage with the market to better understand supplier capability ahead of a potential further competition process and are seeking to understand whether suppliers are interested in bidding for this opportunity and the services that they can offer. In advance of commencing a formal procurement process we are able to offer interested parties an hour-long pre-tender engagement session to better understand our requirements and discuss high level requirements and service delivery options. Proposed Contract start date: 1st December 2024 We envisage an initial term of 2 years with 2 x 1-year extension options. Confidentially requirements: The organisation may ask interested parties to complete a Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA) To express an interest in the pre tender engagement sessions please click on the following link https://www.cardea.nhs.uk/Cardea/DisplayModules/TradeModules/Negotiations/Opportunities/ViewOpportunityEvent.aspx?EventID=4636&Culture=en-GB The closing date for expressions of interest is the 6th June 2024 at 12 Noon. The pre- tender engagement sessions will take place 11th and 12 th June 2024.