Integrated Community Musculoskeletal and Pain Service
Basildon - NHS MID AND SOUTH ESSEX INTEGRATED CARE BOARD
Planning Published: 27th September 2024 14:33:36 PM Find a Tender ServiceThis Intended Approach Notice to follow the Most Suitable Provider Process relates to the decision made by NHS Mid and South Essex Integrated Care Board (the Authority) to award a contract for an Integrated Community Musculoskeletal and Pain Service (the Service) via undertaking (and holding themselves bound solely by those Regulations applicable to) the Most Suitable Provider (MSP) process (the Process) as defined by Regulations 6(6) and 10 under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. Historic commissioning arrangements of the Service have led to health inequalities in access and delivery of pathways across the Mid and South Essex (MSE) Integrated Care System (ICS). Due to new ways of working, increasing collaboration, and communication across primary, community and secondary care, implementing the Service will ensure there is equitable provision and pathways for all MSE residents. Working with stakeholders the Authority developed a new community pathway for people aged 16 years+, based on the East of England Musculoskeletal (MSK) Pathway Improvement Framework, the Best MSK high impact recommendations and adhering to the Getting It Right First Time (GIRFT) pathway. This new model of care will provide integration across the Best MSK pathway including Single Point of Access (SPoA), clinical triage, physiotherapy, orthopaedics, spinal, rheumatology, pain management, surgical interventions and therapies across MSE. It will assess and treat more patients outside of acute services and deliver improved outcomes, quality and patient experience of care. In applying the Process, the Authority has considered the five Key Criteria and has identified the Service and [...]