Continuing Healthcare (CHC) Services - Hertfordshire

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This notice is to inform the market of NHS Hertfordshire and West Essex Integrated Care Board's intention to award this contract following a direct award process C to its incumbent supplier, Bupa Care Homes, to continue to deliver Continuing Healthcare (CHC) Services within Hertfordshire. Lot 1: This notice is to inform the market of NHS Hertfordshire and West Essex Integrated Care Board's intention to award this contract following a direct award process C to its incumbent supplier, Bupa Care Homes, to continue to deliver Continuing Healthcare (CHC) Services within Hertfordshire.<br/>The contract which will commence on 1st April 2025 and will end on 31st March 2026 with the option to extend for a further year to 31st March 2027.<br/>The continuing care in-patient care home service is available for adults aged 18 and over who are registered with a Hertfordshire GP and have been determined as eligible for NHS Continuing Healthcare and who have expressed a care home placement and whose needs can be best met within that environment. The service is accessible to anyone with a medical condition that can be safely and appropriately managed in a care home environment.<br/>Elements to be provided by the service are likely to include:<br/>a) Case management approach.<br/>b) The nursing process: formal review by named nurse and senior support staff.<br/>c) Promoting Health and wellbeing.<br/>d) Multidisciplinary working.<br/>e) Inter-agency working.<br/>f) Advocacy.<br/>g) Process of dealing with referrals and pre-admission arrangements.<br/>h) Admission arrangements.<br/>i) Physical environment (security and maintenance).<br/>j) Risk assessment and management.<br/>k) Safeguarding vulnerable adults procedure.<br/>l) Mental Capacity and Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards.<br/>m) Relatives’ support.<br/>n) Infection control procedures.<br/>o) Acute Care Management.<br/>p) End of life care.<br/>q) Step up or step down arrangements.<br/>r) Discharge arrangements.<br/>s) Aftercare - bereavement/follow ups.<br/>Bupa Care Homes operate a number of homes throughout the Hertfordshire area from which these services will be provided. The contract has been in place with Bupa Care Homes since April 2013 with a cumulative contract value to 31st March 2024 of £44,915,215.<br/>The maximum value of the new contract is £1,530,997 per annum. Should the optional extension be used, the maximum contract value for the 2-year period is £3,061,994.