Contract between Suffolk and North East Essex (SNEE) ICB as lead Commissioner and West Suffolk Foundation NHS Trust (WSFT) for the provision of Acute services 2022 - 2025

Concepts

• health services
• ipswich
• acute services
• primary care pathology services
• acute
• 2022
• west suffolk foundation nhs trust
• lead commissioner
• north east essex
• suffolk

Location

West Suffolk alliance area

Description

Delivery of NHS Acute, Community and Emergency Care including but not limited to the following CQC regulated activities: Medical care (including older people's care), Services for children & young people, Critical care, End of life care, Maternity, Outpatients, Surgery, Urgent and emergency services, Personal care, Maternity and midwifery services, Termination of pregnancies, Family planning, Treatment of disease, disorder or injury, Assessment or medical treatment for persons detained under the Mental Health Act 1983, Surgical procedures, Diagnostic and screening procedures, Community health services for adults, Community health services for children, young people and families, Community health inpatient services.

Ammendments to Previous Notice

Award Detail

CPV Codes

• 85100000 - Health services

Indicators

• Contract modified due to additional needs.

Legal Justification

Including the GP direct access pathology services into the main acute contract Retention of the primary care pathology service within the acute trusts supports stability of the acute pathology service, which in turn supports the stability of the emergency department. -Allows certainty for planning purposes -Allows East Coast Pathology Network to progress with plans as an accelerated rate due to the certainty around the contracts in the acute. -Retains the service within the acute trusts which will mitigate the risk of the following: - Realisation of exit costs which would be payable if the service were to move away from the acute trusts - Duplication of services if elements were to be split - Retains scarce pathology human resource within one service and prevents duplication of roles - Prevents disaggregation of IT and records - Realisation of unknown risks

Other Information

'This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) contract modification notice, 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 modified.' Decision Makers: Values were agreed by CFOs. No conflicts of interest, or potential conflicts of interest, were declared.