SWH Rapid Personalised Care Service 25/26- Hospice of St Francis

Concepts

• health services
• welwyn garden city
• st francis
• care
• swh rapid personalised care service 25/26- hospice
• swh rapid
• personalised
• francis
• rapid
• hospice

Location

Welwyn Garden City

Description

The RPCS accepts referrals from all system stakeholders for EOL patients whose preferred place of care or preferred place of death is at home. The service provides a package of care (POC) based on assessed needs of the patient as soon as the referral is accepted and based on the assessed needs of the patient. RPCS completes a checklist assessment between week 6 – 8 to ensure that the CHC team can complete the decision support tool (DST) assessment for any patient requiring fast track provision.

CPV Codes

• 85100000 - Health services

Other Information

This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) confirmation of contract award notice. This contract has been awarded under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award. This contract has now been formally awarded using direct award process C.The RPCS contract is from 1st April 2025 to 31st March 2026, with the option to extend for 12 months.The contract has been in place with Rennie Grove, Peace Hospice, Hospice of St. Francis since 2019 with a cumulative combined contract value to March 2025 of £13,662,126. The maximum value of the new contract is £1,785,226 per annum, should the optional extension be used, the maximum contract value for the 2 year period is £3,570,452.The 25/26 contract value of Hospice of St Francis is £184,799. The maximum contract value including the 12 month extension is £369,598.