Waltham Forest CCG - Planned Community Service

Waltham Forest CCG has completed a review of a range of services provided in an out of hospital setting and are now in a position to take a more co-ordinated approach to its planned care provision by securing these services through a single lead provider.

These services are an alternative to hospital-based outpatient services where non-complex acute and chronic conditions can be seen for clinical assessment, diagnostics and treatment in a community setting.

The most critical element of this service is that it will offer a patient centred experience where patients can have access to high quality care provided locally in a professional and welcoming environment. Patients should be able to have timely access to treatment, keeping them out of an acute setting wherever possible and appropriate.

Waltham Forest CCG would like to contract with a lead provider who will deliver a range of out of hospital planned care services (either directly or via suitable sub contractual arrangements) covering the following specialist areas:
• Colorectal
• Dermatology
• Gynaecology
• Vasectomy


In addition, we may during the life of the contract wish to add further planned care services into scope, such as ophthalmology

The services must be delivered in locations easily accessible to the residents of Waltham Forest. Bids must incorporate all four specialist areas but providers may wish to collaborate or sub-contract in order to secure the expertise and facilities they need to deliver the requirements of the contract.

The service specification will detail the need to meet agreed national standards appropriate to each specialty:

Colorectal -Royal College of Physicians (RCP) Joint Advisory group (JAG) on GI endoscopy Accreditation
Dermatology - Dermatology Good Practice Guide 2003
Malignant melanomas update NICE May 2010, Atopic eczema NICE 2007, Atopic Eczema in Children 2013, Biological Therapies for Psoriasis NICE 2006
Gynaecology - British Society for Gynaecology Endoscopy (BSGE)
Vasectomy - Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare (FSRH) clinical guidance