Enhanced Respiratory Service

This is a Voluntary Ex-Ante Transparency Notice (VEAT) and is intended to provide notice of the intention of the Authority to award a contract for an Enhanced Respiratory Service within South and West Hertfordshire to its incumbent provider Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust (CLCH).

The new contract will start on 1st December 2024 and will end on 30th November 2025. The value of this new proposed contract is £7,400,000.

The service with CLCH was awarded via a competitive tender and originally began on 1st December 2016. The total cumulative value of the contract since it started is approximately £20,000,000 (excluding VAT and excluding the value of this new contract). The current contract will end on 30th November 2023.

This is a Voluntary Ex-Ante Transparency Notice (VEAT) and is intended to provide notice of the intention of the Authority to award a contract for an Enhanced Respiratory Service within South and West Hertfordshire to its incumbent provider Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust (CLCH).

The new contract will start on 1st December 2024 and will end on 30th November 2025. The value of this new proposed contract is expected to be £7,400,000 (excluding VAT).

The service with CLCH was awarded via a competitive tender and originally began on 1st December 2016. The total cumulative value of the contract since it started is approximately £20,000,000 (excluding VAT and excluding the value of this new contract). The current contract will end on 30th November 2023.

The current South and West Hertfordshire Integrated Respiratory Service brings together the patient, primary, community and secondary care clinicians to enhance the care of patients with respiratory disease. The service also provides support for patients with potentially more severe symptoms and who are at risk of rapid deterioration or acute admission.

The service also provides:

The service will also Provide:

• A Single Point of Access triage hub for all respiratory referrals
• A medical led triage with direct advice and guidance to reduce unnecessary referral and ensure the patient is appropriately clinically managed in the correct setting.
• Consultant led MDTs
• Respiratory Population Review Meetings (PRMs) at PCN level
• Provision of respiratory outpatient clinics at an appropriate level for the agreed pathways
• Provision of domicilary visits for the assessment of housebound patients
• Provision of targeted Education programmes to Healthcare Professionals (including at PCN level)
• Provision of education and support to patients who are under the care of the service and when their condition becomes unstable, this could include the use of Apps like MyCOPD and MyAsthma.
• Accredited Pulmonary Rehabilitation Services
• Domicilary OSAS services including CPAP
• Chest Physiotherapy
• Advice and guidance to local Respiratory Diagnostic Hubs Additional information: Prior to concluding the contract, in line with best practice, the Authority will observe a 10-day standstill period prior to concluding the contract with CLCH.