East London NHS Foundation Trust are inviting expressions of interest from suitably qualified organisations that can demonstrate the knowledge, innovation and ability to tender for the purposes of becoming a provider to deliver General Practice (GP) and associated Primary Care Services to the Forensic Directorate based at the John Howard Centre in East London.

The Context
The John Howard Centre is a regional medium secure unit, with a large and diverse inpatient population across 14 wards and incorporating a range of specialist services. Patients are admitted from prison, high secure services and from inpatient units when they are unable to manage the risks associated with their illness. A core component of the Directorate’s physical healthcare strategy is the provision of primary healthcare services to all inpatients.

The Intervention
The Trusts aim is to establish and develop General Practitioner (GP) and Primary Care Services for inpatients cared for by the Forensic Directorate over the next 5 years that is also responsive to future service developments.

Organisations wishing to tender shall need to demonstrate
- A successful track record of providing GP and associated Primary Care Services, working within the Quality and Outcomes Framework.
- Knowledge and experience of working within the mental health sector or comparable services.
- Partnership working with the commissioner, including the capacity and ability to explore and develop service provision in line with developments in the Forensic Directorate and following reviews of the service provided.

Time Frame
The initial term of the contract will be 3 years with a option to extend for an additional 2 years, it is expected that the successful contractor shall be able to commence provision of the services on 1st April 2010.

Outcome
Organisations that are selected to tender for this contract will be invited to submit tenders in response to the Invitation to Tender document. The contract for the GP and Primary Care Service will be specifically tailored to meet the needs of the Forensic Directorate, regularly reviewed and be time limited with demonstrable outcomes.

To express your interest to tender please submit your expression of interest via email to charmain.elliott@thpct.nhs.uk quoting tender reference 169/ELFT/FOGP/10/09, name of organisation expressing an interest, name of individual to whom further details are to be sent, email address and telephone number of named individual. Should you experience any difficulty emailing Charmain Elliott please call on 020 8223 8915.

Closing date for ‘Expressions of Interest’ is 1200hrs of Thursday 12th November 2009.

A Pre-Qualifying Questionnaire shall be sent to all whom express an interest on Friday 13th November 2009.

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