NHS Northern, Eastern and Western Devon CCG - Expressions of Interest for Provision of Care Home Beds in Holsworthy and its hinterlands to support people at end of life, support the avoidance of hospital admission and facilitation of timely discha...

NHS Northern, Eastern and Western Clinical Commissioning Group wish to seek Expressions of Interest (EOI) from Care Home providers to provide 3 Care Home Beds to support the avoidance of hospital admission and facilitation of timely discharge. Description of Service Required The service will be targeted at those individuals who a) have end of life needs that cannot be met within their own home environment, b) to support those people who do not require a hospital admission following an escalation of need, care package breakdown or to avoid carer crisis but can not longer stay at home c) are unable to go home at the point of leaving hospital, but require a short term period of MDT rehabilitation/reablement in a Care Home, prior to either being ready for transfer home, identification of long term needs or the availability of a package of care.

Specifically, this service will provide: • Placement of an individual in an appropriate Care Home • Delivery of care needs as determined prior to transfer into the Care Home • Rehabilitation and reablement of individuals by community OT and Physiotherapy Services as part of the Community MDT • Delivery of the rehabilitation programme between MDT visits. • Identification and arrangement of onward care needs where appropriate Full details are provided in the specification The CCG is interested in obtaining expressions of interest from providers in the market for this service. Additional information: The provider will need to be based or setting up in Holsworthy, Devon.

A contract will be let for a period between 25 February 2019 and 30 September 2019 How to Express Interest: Interested providers are requested to register interest by 12 (midday) on Monday 25th February 2019. You will need to follow these steps: To register on the portal and obtain the specification go to: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/scwcsu/aspx/Home • From the portal, click the 'Register' link • Complete your organisation & personal details • From the home page click 'tenders' and 'current' • Click 'view details' on the NEW Devon CCG: Provision of Care Home Beds in Holsworthy section • Click 'Express Interest' • Click 'Opt-in' to view the specification