"Escape Pain" Hip & Knee OA Services YSTH
York and Scarborough Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation TrustEstimated Value
Up to £11,000
Deadline
Not specified
Published
25 September 2025
Type
services
Overview
The Trust is seeking to award a contract for the delivery of the "Escape Pain" program for managing lower limb osteoarthritis in local community locations as part of the MSK Community Services workstream. It is anticipated that up to 160 OA hip and kneed patients will be referred to the provider over the initial 12 months.
All staff delivering the program must have attended official "Escape Pain" training and hold course certificates. The provider must be able to adhere to the core tenets of the programme - X2 sessions per week over 6 weeks, each session to include combined education & exercise guidance; participants start & end program together; facilitators trained to deliver the program by centralised team.
Classes should be offered weekdays and weekends as may be required by the Trust. The provider must be able to contribute to the "ESCAPE" centralised audit.
Key points
- Patients continuing with class once initial sessions have expired: TARGET = 75% of referrals
- Mean Improvements in Knee OA Outcome Score (KOOS) post course
- Mean Improvements in Hip OA Outcome Score (HOOS) post course
- Mean improvements in Short Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Wellbeing Scale (SWEMWBS) post course
Key points
- Participate in ongoing audit and quality improvement.
- Ensure all personnel have up-to-date training in data protection and clinical governance.
- Have documented policies and practices with regard to staff vetting, patient safeguarding, etc..
Key points
- Regular contract review meetings to be performed quarterly
- Joint audit processes with the commissioning body.
- Named clinical leads from both parties to oversee collaboration.
- Referral process must integrate with existing NHS system.
Details
- Information Governance and Data Security
- The provider must: • Comply with UK GDPR, Data Protection Act 2018, and NHS Digital IG Toolkit standards. • Have in place a secure audit trail for data access and reporting activity.
Key dates
- Duration
- 12 months
Eligibility & compliance
The provider must be based within North Yorkshire with suitably certified staff in the local area of the Trust to deliver the services in community settings in a number of locations across York or sites as required by the Trust.
Regulations cited
- Data Protection Act 2018
- Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023
Additional details
Appropriate professional/clinical insurance cover must be provided The target start date for the contract is in November 2025 with an initial term of 12 months and option to extend the contract for 2 further periods of 6 months each.
This notice is an intention to award a contract under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023 Most Suitable Provider process. Procurement of a digital services for MSK services.
This is intended to be a 1 year trial, subject to regular reviews to monitor the effectiveness and performance of the digital platform in providing the required physiotherapy/rehabilitation services to Trust patients. CPV Code: 85323000-9 Community Health Services
The contract will be for an initial term of 12 months from November 2025 to 31/10/2026 with options to extend for 2 further periods of 6 moths each. Estimated contract value is £11,000 for the full term including extension options. The deadline for the submission of compliant expressions of interest is 18:00hrs on Friday 10th October 2025.
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York and Scarborough Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation TrustKey Dates
Published
25 September 2025
Submission deadline
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Notice type
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