Pre-Procurement Market Event on behalf of Havering CCG for the Community Dermatology Service

Havering Clinical Commissioning Group is holding a pre-market information session with providers to identify the range of dermatology patient pathways that could be delivered in the community. The purpose of this market engagement event is to seek suggestions from clinicians on potential pathways that could be included within the Community Dermatology service. The scope of the new service will include an easily accessible range of healthcare services including whole patient pathways from a range of all non-complex, non-urgent conditions. The current Community Dermatology service treats the following patient pathways: oManagement of mild to moderate forms of common rashes in adults such as eczema, psoriasis, lichen planus, urticaria, fungal infections – refer to dermatology referral guidelines oPremalignant skin lesions such as solar keratoses or Bowen’s disease oLow risk BCCs on trunks and limbs in line with NICE skin cancer guidance 2010 oMild to moderate acne not requiring isotretinoin. Non scarring acne unresponsive to routine treatment in primary care oDiagnosis, investigation or management of other chronic rashes in adult unless diagnostic doubt. oDiagnosis, investigation or management of mild/moderate/non-worrying dermatoses and skin lesion in children unless diagnostic doubt oConditions of hair scalp and nails oMedication review oManagement and advice including follow up of skin cancer conditions treated in secondary care by agreement

Havering CCG wishes to explore the opportunities to increase the number of conditions treated in a Community Dermatology Clinic through engagement with clinicians from potential providers.

The information from this engagement event will be used to inform the services commissioning. The CCG will be tendering the contract to provide sustainable, evidence based, high quality provision of community based Dermatology services to NHS patients, supporting the achievement of commissioned local waiting times and activity plans, patient choice and diversity , promoting affordable innovative service models, and providing assurance to the commissioners in terms of performance and quality.

Payment of the services will be based on a pathway price for treatment of each condition. The pathway price would include outpatients’ attendances (First and Follow-up), diagnostics and patient treatments.

The new services will require potential providers to set out how they will: • build new integrated care pathways • stream line the patient journey and the underpinning administrative pathways • take advantage of new technologies and new ways of working and different skill mix where these are not already embedded in the current service.

The potential provider will need to demonstrate a willingness to collaborate with other NHS and Independent Sector providers to support improvements

Additional information: Date and Time of Event: The event will be held on Tuesday 21st April 2015, from 6.30pm – 8.30pm at Havering CCG, 3rd Floor, Imperial Offices, 2-4 Eastern Road, Romford Essex RM1 3PJ

If your organisation would like to attend the Market Engagement Event, please register onto ProContract at https://www.supplying2nhs.com as a supplier and register an interest in the Pre-Market event. (If you are already registered as a supplier you will not need to register again, simply use your existing username and password to log into ProContract to register an interest for the event). Interested providers who register an interest will also need to complete and submit an expression of interest form that they will be issued with via this e-tendering system - Indicating number of delegates (Clinicians) attending (Please note we are only able to accommodate a max of 2 delegates per organisation).

A draft specification and prospectus will be available to download from the ProContract site.

The deadline for expressing an interest via ProContract in attending the Pre-Market Information event will be 12 noon, 17th April 2015.

Any information provided by the CCG in the course of this market engagement event would be made available to all interested parties responding to any future potential tendering opportunities.