--- title: "City and Hackney Community Minor Surgery" ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-05838b" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-05838b" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-05838b.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-05838b.json" source: "Find A Tender Service" current_stage: "Tender" buyer: "NHS NORTH EAST LONDON INTEGRATED CARE BOARD" published: "2025-08-08" --- # City and Hackney Community Minor Surgery Buyer: NHS NORTH EAST LONDON INTEGRATED CARE BOARD Current stage: Tender OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-05838b [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-05838b) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-05838b.json) ## Summary The procurement process for the "City and Hackney Community Minor Surgery" service is being undertaken by the NHS North East London Integrated Care Board. This process falls under the industry category of dermatology services and aims to provide a local one-stop community minor surgery pathway for patients in City and Hackney. The procurement is currently at the tender update stage as of 8th August 2025. The contract, part of the Provider Selection Regime 2023, will use a Most Suitable Provider Process, and it is anticipated that a suitable provider can be identified without competitive tendering. The service will be delivered at primary care sites in London, UKI4 region, with future notices expected by 11th August 2025. This tender presents significant opportunities for businesses specializing in medical services, especially those with qualifications in minor surgery. It seeks to enhance local, accessible, and integrated services, reducing hospital reliance. The contract, valued at approximately £247,440, will include services like cryotherapy, surgical drainage, and the removal of certain lesions. Businesses capable of providing enhanced skin surgery aligned with national Directed Enhanced Service guidelines could thrive, particularly those with the ability to handle approximately 500 procedures annually. This initiative supports growth by offering consistent work alongside NHS guidelines, offering a favourable environment for service-oriented health businesses. ## Notice The service provides a one-stop community minor surgery pathway for patients registered to City and Hackney GP practices from assessment to treatment. The clinician is required to have minor surgery qualification/experience in this field. The service includes: 1. Invasive procedures including incisions and excisions in line with the national Directed Enhanced Service (DES) 2. Cryotherapy/cautery for those GP practices that have opted out of the GMS/PMS minor surgery additional service Procedures include treatments for the following: capsulitiis, bursitits, entheosopathies/tendritis, tenosynovitis, compression, pigmented and vascular lesions, where histology is required, lesions with atypical behaviour/asymptomatic/inflamed, epidermoid cysts, keratocanthoma, surgical drainage of abscesses and hamatomas, lower-risk basal cell carcinomas. We are not required to actively invite anyone to express interest but rather seek to notify the market of the intention. For enquiries or to register interest, please contact hub.queries@nhs.net using reference number PRJ-2199. ### Lot Information Lot 1 The service is an alternative to hospital-based treatments offering a one stop service for appropriate minor skin surgical procedures. This aims to minimise the need for follow-up and only when appropriate, onward referral to secondary care. The service is to provide a community minor surgery pathway for patients registered with GP Practices in City and Hackney from assessment to treatment in line with the acceptance and exclusion criteria and service requirements. Services required: * Enhanced Minor Skin Surgery (in line with the national Directed Enhanced Service DES). This includes excision and incision procedures * Cryotherapy/Cautery for GP practices that have opted out of the GMS/PMS additional service of minor surgery The service will be provided locally in City and Hackney from a primary care clinical site location(s) for City and Hackney GP registered patients. This model will provide local, accessible, and integrated services that are aligned with providers within the health and social care economy. Procedures include treatments for the following: * Capsulitis * Bursitis * Entheosopathies / tendinitis * Tenosynovitis * Compression * Aspiration indications: diagnostic or therapeutic and where such treatment will be likely to improve clinical outcomes * Pigmented and vascular lesions, where histology is required (excluding suspected melanomas) * Lesions with atypical behaviour, such as bleed or change in colour, where histology is required. These might include for example, papilloma, dermatofibroma or seborrhoeic keratosis. * Lesions that are symptomatic and/or have been inflamed on more than one occasion at the time of consultation * Epidermoid cysts in that are symptomatic and/or have been inflamed on more than one occasion at the time of consultation * Keratoacanthoma * Surgical drainage of abscesses and haematomas where this is deemed best treatment * Removal of foreign bodies only where local anaesthetic and incision is required as part of procedure * Low-risk Basel Cell Carcinomas (BCCs), as defined in current NICE Guidance on Cancer Services. For BCCs which do not meet the low-risk criteria or where there is any diagnostic doubt, a referral should be made as per NICE guidelines. * Keloid scars in cases where the scar interferes with function or causes pain or itchiness which is persistent and unrelieved by standard medication for over one year, Activity: approximately 500 procedures, 300 cryotherapies and 160 consultations Budget: approximately PS120k per year Additional information: The process being followed is a Most Suitable Provider Process under the Provider Selection Regime 2023. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Find A Tender Service | | Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/047231-2025 | | Notice type | Planning Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Services | | Procurement method | Not Specified | | Procurement method details | Not specified | | Tender suitability | Not specified | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Planning, Tender | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 8 Aug 2025 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | 10 Aug 2025 | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | Not specified | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | £247,440 | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Planned | | Lots status | Planned | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | NHS NORTH EAST LONDON INTEGRATED CARE BOARD | | Locality | LONDON | | Post town | Not specified | | Postcode | N/A | | Country | Not specified | | ITL 1 | Not specified | | ITL 2 | Not specified | | ITL 3 | Not specified | | Local authority | Not specified | | Electoral ward | Not specified | | Westminster constituency | Not specified | | Delivery location | TLI4 Inner London - East | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 85 - Health and social work services ### Codes - 85121282 - Dermatology services ## Release History - 8 Aug 2025 at 11:21 - TenderUpdate - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/047231-2025 - 7 Aug 2025 at 14:10 - Planning - Planning Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/046988-2025 ## Notice URLs - https://northeastlondon.icb.nhs.uk/ ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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