Intergrated Respiratory Services - SWH

West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospital NHS Trust and Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust provide both acute and community Respiratory Services for patients with Respiratory conditions across all four localities in South and West Herts place. The Integrated Respiratory Service provides a multi-disciplinary hub, enabling assessment, diagnosis and management of patients with respiratory conditions in SWH. The service will provide access to multi-disciplinary team assessment, diagnostics, and treatment, improving the quality of care for patients. It focuses on clearly defined clinical pathways, GP support, advice and guidance and education. This service facilitates a truly integrated model of care enabling a resilient healthcare system for the future. Central London Community Healthcare Trust were awarded a 5-year contract which commenced in October 2014 with an option to extend for another two years. This option was activated, and the contract end date was extended to end October 2021. The ICB Commissioning Committee has approved a number of extensions from the contract end date to 31 March 2025 with a cumulative value of PS33,570,000. This has enabled HWE ICB, to work with the SWH Health Care Partnership to develop a new model of integrated respiratory care for our population. The new service model will be provided by our two incumbent providers West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals Trust and CLCH. It has also allowed time for the ICB and HCP to identify the workforce and associated financial envelope required to delivery a truly integrated respiratory service which is sustainable and future proofed for the term of the new contract. The new contract will be from 1 April 2025 to 31 March 2028 for three years, with the option to extend for a further two years from 1 April 2028 to 31 March 2030 The maximum value of the new contract is PS3,730,000 per annum. Should the optional extension be used, the maximum contract value for the 5-year period is PS18,650,000.