Nottingham City CCG Invite expressions of interest from suitably qualified Suppliers for the Provision of a Community End of Life Service.

The aim of the service is to provide a coordinated response to community End of Life care to support service users and their carers.

The service shall:

— Deliver integrated supportive/palliative care and end of life care across Nottingham City;

— Maximise opportunities to provide continuity of care for the service user and their significant others. The Provider shall remain ‘organisationally agnostic’ to ensure co-ordination to achieve maximum outcomes;

— Assist the service user to attain, retain or sustain their ability to remain in their preferred place of care;

— Improve the service user/carer/family experience and support care provided by informal carers;

— Deliver equity of access in all elements of the End of Life care pathway and service;

— Promote general health and well-being of service users by liaising with partner organisations to hasten the timely delivery of assessed interventions;

— Recognise and support/champion the function of the nominated key-worker;

— Reduce the number of inappropriate service user hospital admissions and promote timely discharge;

— Adopt and support the current Nottinghamshire End of Life pathway;

— Adopt the principles of latest best practice to support and encourage an innovative culture and continuous development model as part of any service delivery and evaluation;

— The contract will be managed under a Lead Provider model and the NHS Nottingham City CCG welcome expressions from interested Consortia utilising the NHS Standard contract.