North Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent CCGs have undertaken the design of a new service model for an integrated GPOOH and FoH service for the population of Northern Staffordshire, in line with best practice nationally and with the aim to reduce the number of admissions into acute services. This is a primary medical service to:

a) Provide access for patients with a identified primary care medical need who initially present at A&E

b) Provide urgent access to a GP during the out of hours period for patients assessed with a primary care need by the NHS111 service

This will divided into LOTS, as determined in the Memorandum of Information. Lot 1 — Out of Hours Service, Lot 2 — Front of House Service, Lot 3 — Combined Out of Hours Service and Front of House Service. Further details as to activity levels can be found in the Memorandum of Information.

Out of Hours Services to be provided in accordance with the service specification.

Front of House Services as detailed in the service specification.

Lot 3 is for a combined Out of Hours and Front of House Service. Awarding criteria is detailed in the Memorandum of Information.