£80.6 million contract for NHS Scarborough and Ryedale Clinical Commissioning Group’s project

NHS Scarborough and Ryedale Commissioning Group (CCG) has invited three organisations to participate in the next stage of the procurement process to deliver Integrated Community Services for Adults in the area.

The £80.6 million contract for a partially integrated Multi-speciality Community Provider (MCP) will run from 3 April 2018 for a maximum of seven years.

The three organisations invited to remain in the tendering process are County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust, Humber NHS Foundation Trust and North Yorkshire County Council and East Coast Health Options (ECHO) Community Interest Company, bidding as a consortium.

Phil Garnett, NHS Scarborough and Ryedale CCG chairman, said: “We want to see all of our community services organised around the communities where people live and the GP practices people use, and we want to work with partners who share our vision and can overcome barriers to joint working.

“We envisage enhanced prevention and self-care at the core of our model and, if care becomes necessary, timely, integrated coordinated care and support. We want to enable providers to develop creative and innovative ways of working across organisational boundaries and we are excited to be embarking on this new and different approach to securing the bespoke services we want to see for our population.”

Simon Cox, NHS Scarborough and Ryedale CCG chief officer, said: “We are pleased these organisations are interested in the opportunity to work with the CCG and its partners, over the forthcoming weeks, to develop ambitious and deliverable service propositions.

“We note the decision taken by York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust – our current service provider – not to take part in the tendering exercise. We recognise the Trust’s decision may create additional uncertainty, both for patients and for its hardworking and committed staff who currently deliver services in our community.

“As a result, we wish to reassure patients, carers, staff and other stakeholders that in evaluating the procurement exercise, we will take into account a number of factors, including continued well led service delivery, improvements for patients and carers, the need to protect the employment rights of any existing staff who might transfer to a new provider and the requirement to have a well-planned, safe service transition.

“We also acknowledge that York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has stated that whoever wins the contract for our Community Services can be assured of their ongoing commitment to work in partnership to continue the development of out of hospital care.”