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Care Home Enhanced Rapid Response Service (CHERRS)
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NHS North East and North Cumbria ICB has concluded the procurement process for the Care Home Enhanced Rapid Response Service (CHERRS). This service falls under the "Health services" industry category and aims to provide timely reactive care to manage acute illnesses and long-term conditions for care home residents. The contract has been awarded through Direct Award Process C under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023.
The contract, valued at £812,364, will commence on 1st April 2025 and end on 31st March 2027. The buying organisation's contact point is NHS North East and North Cumbria ICB, located in Pemberton House, Sunderland, UKC. This procurement provides significant opportunities for businesses specialising in health services, particularly those with expertise in providing rapid response care and managing long-term conditions.
Companies with strong capabilities in advanced clinical skills, non-medical prescribing, and effective clinical decision-making will find this contract highly beneficial. The award criteria focused on key competencies, which were clearly outlined in the procurement documents, offering a structured and transparent selection process. Businesses capable of delivering high levels of communication and problem-solving skills, ensuring risk management in care settings, will be especially well-suited to fulfil this contract.
The service will provide timely reactive care, anticipating disease exacerbation and manage acute illness based on the providers in depth understanding of long-term conditions as part of a person-centered approach. The provider will ensure the service provides high levels of communication, problem-solving and decision-making skills that will ensure risk can be managed appropriately. The provider will ensure that staff take responsibility for their own decisions, through advanced clinical skills including non-medical prescribing and physical assessment to support effective clinical decision making in relation to the wellbeing of care home residents. The relevant authority intends to award a contract to an existing provider under Direct Award C under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) regulations 2023. The final contract value is still to be finalised as it is dependent on the national NHS planning guidance which is still to be released. As an indication the 2023/24 contract value is PS406,182. Contract Start Date: 01 April 2025 Contract End Date: 31 March 2027
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