NHS South Yorkshire ICB Sheffield Place - Community Optometry Treatment Service

Concepts

• sheffield
• health services
• community optometry treatment service
• nhs syicb sheffield
• community optometry treatment services
• individual service specifications
• accessibility of services
• south yorkshire
• syicb sheffield
• contact applanation tonometry service

Location

Description

NHS SYICB Sheffield is committed to a planned shift of care closer to the patient and their community making them more accessible and cost effective. SYICB Sheffield are looking to commission a single lead contractor to offer a range of Community Optometry Treatment Services (listed below) from existing optometry providers at scale across the city. There is a requirement for existing coverage across the city to be retained as a minimum. • Paediatric Referral Refinement (PRR) • Primary Eyecare Acute Referral Scheme (PEARS) • Triage of Optometrist Referrals to secondary care • Glaucoma Referral Refinement (GRR) • Contact Applanation Tonometry Service (CATS) The services outlined in the individual service specifications addresses the requirement to reduce unnecessary referrals to secondary care, thus improving the accessibility of services to patients and reducing pressure on local secondary care provision. The contract will be for a three year duration with an option to extend for a further one year. The value given in his notice is for the full 4 years.

Award Detail

CPV Codes

• 85100000 - Health services