North Cumbria Acute Respiratory Infection Services Market Engagement RFI

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    "description": "The RFI on-line questionnaire should be submitted by no later than 11:59:59 pm on Monday, 24 November 2025. The NENC044 RFI will be conducted via the Atamis portal at: https://atamis-1928.my.site.com/s/Welcome It is free to register on the portal and it can be accessed at any time of day providing you have a working internet connection. Should you have any queries, or problems registering on the portal, please contact the Atamis helpdesk via: Support-health@Atamis.co.uk or phone number 0800 0988201 The helpdesk is open Monday - Friday 08.00 am - 06.00 pm",
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        "title": "North Cumbria Acute Respiratory Infection Services Market Engagement RFI",
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        "description": "NHS North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board is issuing this Prior Information Notice (PIN) as a market engagement exercise Request for Information (RFI) to gather information on the market landscape in regards to Acute Respiratory Infection services for North Cumbria. This is a market landscape exercise only and is not a guarantee of a future provider selection process and/or contract. The RFI on-line questionnaire should be submitted by no later than 11:59:59 am on Monday, 22 June 2026. The NENC044e RFI will be conducted via the Atamis portal at: https://atamis-1928.my.site.com/s/Welcome It is free to register on the portal and it can be accessed at any time of day providing you have a working internet connection. Should you have any queries, or problems registering on the portal, please contact the Atamis helpdesk via: Support-health@Atamis.co.uk or phone number 0800 0988201 The helpdesk is open Monday - Friday 08.00 am - 06.00 pm",
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            "awardCriteriaDetails": "The purpose of this market engagement exercise is to understand the market interest in the lots. Please note the population information provided as services must cover the populations in each lot as identified in the documentation provided in the Atamis e-tendering portal. Annual Estimated Funding by Lot:1 Copeland PS30,709.112 Allerdale PS51,476.333 Carlisle PS50,088.074 Eden PS26,608.50"
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                "id": "1",
                "title": "Copeland",
                "description": "SERVICE AIMS Support patients with urgent clinical needs by enhancing and providing additional same day access to assessment and specialist advice as needed. Seek to reduce ambulance callouts, A&E attendances and hospital admissions for patients who could be appropriately managed in the community. Reduce the burden of acute respiratory illness on primary care and provide more time for practice teams to support patients where continuity of care is most important. Reduce nosocomial transmission by separating the high expected flow of infectious patients through additional services rather than usual GP waiting rooms and clinics. Seek to provide an accessible and equitable service to support same day access (with consideration given to the location of these services). This approach would support a positive impact on the health outcomes of the Core20PLUS population for tackling health inequalities and provision of inclusive services. Additional information: A critical service model principal is the mandatory completion of operational and clinical outcome data reporting which will offer NENC ICB and the regional population multiple benefits including the ability to demonstrate positive impact on patients. This is mandated information and data requirements will be enforced in any future contracting arrangements and for all future providers.",
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                "description": "SERVICE AIMS Support patients with urgent clinical needs by enhancing and providing additional same day access to assessment and specialist advice as needed. Seek to reduce ambulance callouts, A&E attendances and hospital admissions for patients who could be appropriately managed in the community. Reduce the burden of acute respiratory illness on primary care and provide more time for practice teams to support patients where continuity of care is most important. Reduce nosocomial transmission by separating the high expected flow of infectious patients through additional services rather than usual GP waiting rooms and clinics. Seek to provide an accessible and equitable service to support same day access (with consideration given to the location of these services). This approach would support a positive impact on the health outcomes of the Core20PLUS population for tackling health inequalities and provision of inclusive services. Additional information: A critical service model principal is the mandatory completion of operational and clinical outcome data reporting which will offer NENC ICB and the regional population multiple benefits including the ability to demonstrate positive impact on patients. This is mandated information and data requirements will be enforced in any future contracting arrangements and for all future providers.",
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                "title": "Carlisle",
                "description": "SERVICE AIMS Support patients with urgent clinical needs by enhancing and providing additional same day access to assessment and specialist advice as needed. Seek to reduce ambulance callouts, A&E attendances and hospital admissions for patients who could be appropriately managed in the community. Reduce the burden of acute respiratory illness on primary care and provide more time for practice teams to support patients where continuity of care is most important. Reduce nosocomial transmission by separating the high expected flow of infectious patients through additional services rather than usual GP waiting rooms and clinics. Seek to provide an accessible and equitable service to support same day access (with consideration given to the location of these services). This approach would support a positive impact on the health outcomes of the Core20PLUS population for tackling health inequalities and provision of inclusive services. Additional information: A critical service model principal is the mandatory completion of operational and clinical outcome data reporting which will offer NENC ICB and the regional population multiple benefits including the ability to demonstrate positive impact on patients. This is mandated information and data requirements will be enforced in any future contracting arrangements and for all future providers.",
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                "description": "SERVICE AIMS Support patients with urgent clinical needs by enhancing and providing additional same day access to assessment and specialist advice as needed. Seek to reduce ambulance callouts, A&E attendances and hospital admissions for patients who could be appropriately managed in the community. Reduce the burden of acute respiratory illness on primary care and provide more time for practice teams to support patients where continuity of care is most important. Reduce nosocomial transmission by separating the high expected flow of infectious patients through additional services rather than usual GP waiting rooms and clinics. Seek to provide an accessible and equitable service to support same day access (with consideration given to the location of these services). This approach would support a positive impact on the health outcomes of the Core20PLUS population for tackling health inequalities and provision of inclusive services. Additional information: A critical service model principal is the mandatory completion of operational and clinical outcome data reporting which will offer NENC ICB and the regional population multiple benefits including the ability to demonstrate positive impact on patients. This is mandated information and data requirements will be enforced in any future contracting arrangements and for all future providers.",
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