Integrated healthcare Services HMPs Foston Hall and Sudbury

Arden GEMCSU (Greater East Midlands Commissioning Support Unit) acting on behalf of NHS England invites expressions of interest from suitably qualified and experienced healthcare service providers including third sector organisations, social enterprise and other providers to provide an Integrated Healthcare Service.

NHS England Health and Justice is responsible for commissioning offender healthcare services for: HMPs Foston & Sudbury

Services being sought include the provision of comprehensive and integrated primary care led services. The successful provider will need to consider: •Innovation in delivery of primary medical services •Integration with other healthcare providers e.g. secondary care •Working in partnership with HM Prison Service •Quality of the clinical care •Prison Health Performance Indicator set •Workforce standards •Medicines management •Referral management •IM&T support •Medical equipment •24-hour care in some institutions (normal hours of service) The healthcare services under this contract include, at each prison: •GP Provision •Primary care •Primary care nursing •Pharmacy services-including a mechanism for OOH provision •Public health screening, vaccination and immunisation and well-being services •Relevant diagnostic services •Integrated Substance Misuse Services •Physiotherapy •Podiatry •Primary and secondary mental health and learning disability •Sexual health •Health promotion and prevention •Dental •Escorts and Bed watch management (Foston)

Some services will vary in specification at the prisons. More detail will be provided in the specification to be issued at ITT stage.

NHS England will contract for these services using APMS, GOS and PDS contracts. The duration of the contract for each lot will be 5 years with 1+1 years options to extend.

This tender is being administered on behalf of the NHS England Health and Justice North Midlands Area Team by Arden GEMCSU (Greater East Midlands Commissioning Support Unit)

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