NHS South Yorkshire ICB - Barnsley Place : Home Visiting Service

The service will deliver a high quality GP Home Visiting service, which is supported by a strong governance structure and appropriate routes of escalation. NHS South Yorkshire Integrated Care Board Barnsley Home Visiting service, reference C353293.

South Yorkshire Integrated Care Board are intending to award a contract to the existing provider following direct award process C of the Provider Selection Regime. The approximate lifetime value of the contract is £693,790.The contract will be awarded for two years (01.04 2024 to 30.03.2026).

The contract will be awarded to : Barnsley Healthcare Federation (BHF) CIC Lundwood Priory Campus, Pontefract Road, Lundwood, BARNSLEY, S71 5PN

The award was made using the following criteria: Quality and innovation - Weighting 20%

The provider will continue to provide monthly Service Quality Performance Reports to SYICB, and they are committed to continuing to act upon patient and partner feedback to consider improvements to the quality of the service through innovation. The provider will continue to work collaboratively with SYICB and other local partners to introduce more efficient and innovative ways of working and regularly partake in meetings and workshops where discussions include how this service operates alongside other services.

Value - Weighting 20% 3.Integration, collaboration and service sustainability - Weighting 20%

"The provider will work with the ICB and partner organisations to strengthen integrated care and collaboration. The provider has agreed to build relationships with and work alongside other health care services to strengthen relationships, improve quality of care and referrals, enhance the patient pathway, and encourage open communication where possible.

The provider will also continue to work collaboratively with GP practices to support the development of the future service, quality of referrals and care. Working collaboratively with other healthcare services and GP practices will ensure that patients are seen by the right services at the right time.

Improving access, reducing health inequalities and facilitating choice - Weighting 20% The provider will continue to be accessible to all, provide reasonable adjustments to support people to access the service and tackle health inequalities where possible.

The service is a specific home visiting service and therefore it is acknowledged that some aspects of improving access are difficult to evidence. The service is triggered at the point that a patient is identified as needing this service by the Barnsley GP practice where they are registered.

A referral is made by the GP practice into the service and a home visiting service delivered to that patient Social Value - Weighting 20% The provider remains committed to contributing to improving economic, social and environmental well being through working models such as hybrid cars to reduce emissions, solar and led lighting in premises, sourcing equipment locally, supporting staff's health and wellbeing and through training and equal opportunity and through local recruitment, and also supporting the community through provision of events and a safe space.