Routine Elective Care Services and Direct Access to Radiology for NHS Herefordshire & Worcestershire Clinical Commissioning Group

Description

NHS Herefordshire & Worcestershire Clinical Commissioning Group sought Independent Sector Providers to provide extra capacity for the local recovery of routine elective care services, and direct access to radiology,  post covid-19.  
A contract was awarded to BMI The Droitwich Spa Hospital by NHS Herefordshire & Worcestershire Clinical Commissioning Group to provide NHS patients in the Clinical Commissioning Group's locality with a clinically safe and effective routine elective outpatient, day case, in-patient service, and direct access to a radiology diagnostic service, that is responsive to their needs.
The contract duration is 18 months (from 1st October 2021 to March 31st 2023) to facilitate stabilisation of the system on a number of levels.  This allows Herefordshire & Worcestershire Integrated Care System sufficient time to settle in as from 1st April 2022; sufficient time for resources to optimise post covid-19; and further time to consider potential future procurement options within redesigned care pathways.