General Practice Core Training

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  "date": "2025-02-13T12:35:07Z",
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  "buyer": {
    "id": "GB-FTS-137843",
    "name": "NHS Bristol North Somerset South Gloucestershire Integrated Care Board"
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        "description": "This notice is placed as a Prior Information Notice (PIN) to inform the market of NHS Bristol North Somerset South Gloucestershire Integrated Care Board (the Commissioner's), intention to recommission General Practice Core Training. The Commissioner would like to understand the level of provider interest in delivering these services, with an providers submitting and Expressions of Interest (EoI) via the e-tender portal. \nNHS BNSSG ICB (the Commissioner) is seeking to secure a Prime Provider who has the capability and capacity to deliver General Practice Core Training services, in line with the specified requirements.\")\n•\tThe geographical area is within Bristol North Somerset and South Gloucestershire (as per the BNSSG ICS)\nOutline of services / main requirements:\nBNSSG ICS General Practice serves 1m population with 76 practices and 20 PCNs. Key to service delivery is the core training offered to General Practice Nurses (GPNs), Health Care Assistants (HCAs), Additional Role Reimbursement Scheme (ARRS) roles and non-clinical staff (NCS), which together form over 50% of general practice staff.\nThis content of this training is critical to ensure local application/ content to meet the ongoing development needs of staff, and to enable an associated development of patient services, mindful of the ICS plan to reduce health inequalities. \nService requirements:\n•\tTo provide a cost effective, value for money service\n•\tTo provide an efficient platform and processes for general practice staff (and their line managers) to access, book, amend, cancel, get certification and to review their course bookings (at individual and preferably practice and PCN level) \n•\tCourse communication to clearly explain the profession/s and level being provided for (to account for registered/ unregistered staff with various competencies)\n•\tTo provide robust and transparent reporting on a quarterly basis by practice, PCN and course, to include sign-up, cancellation, DNA and attendance; participant feedback\n•\tTo provide an annual report evaluating service performance with recommendations for improvements.\n•\tEnsure the provider can demonstrate evidence of qualifications that enable them to deliver the training.\n•\tTo ensure appropriate quality adherence to the Education and Training Standards and self-assessment, CQC and the Safer Learning Environment Charter.\n•\tDemonstrate knowledge of national, local and BNSSG policies and pathways.\n•\tTo provide a mixed training delivery methods to include simulation, pre-recorded, online and face to face training. \n•\tEnsuring face to face training is maximised and provided across all BNSSG localities, particularly for 'softer' skills training and mindful of reasonable adjustments for neurodiversity or specific learning needs such as poor literacy.\n•\tTo provider professional, timely and constructive support to practices and PCNs with queries, complaints and feedback to candidates (where their assessments are poor or a cause for concern)\n•\tThe contract holder will also be expected to support the Training Hub and ICB with any associated submissions or requests for information or data relating to this programme.\nBudgetary requirements:\n•\tThe available total funding for this scheme is £840k exclusive of VAT for the 3+1 year duration of contract from the Primary Care NHSE funding allocation for general practice, overseen by BNSSG ICB board.\n•\tThe total budget to include delivery, communication materials (hard/ electronic and socials), administration, reporting, evaluation and support to practices and PCNs.\n•\tOutstanding funding resulting from under delivery against target activity will be repaid at the end of the financial year or further services offered as per contract scope and as agreed with commissioners.\nClinical course requirements (to exclude/ not duplicate existing Statutory Mandatory training available to practices):\nTraining for ANP from ACP framework for advanced nurses in general practice ACP-Primary-Care-Nurse-Fwk-2020.pdf:\n•\tLeadership support\n•\tEvidence based practice\n•\tAssessment, diagnosis, treatment, management and prescribing for conditions including respiratory, cardiovascular, GI and hepatic system, renal and GU, neurological, musculoskeletal, ENT, optical, dermatology, men's health, women's health, family planning and sexual health, mental health, paediatrics, palliative and end of life, pain physiology management and learning disability.\n•\tMedication reviews and medication issues\n•\tComplex and unpredictable care events\n•\tPerson centred healthcare needs- alternative modes of consultation\n•\tManaging and quality improvement\n•\tUpdates for prescribers\n•\tInterpreting blood results\nTraining for GPN and HCAs from GPN framework Report template:\n•\tChild and adult Immunisation and vaccination training and updates (including seasonal vaccines)\n•\tTravel health including vaccines and updates\n•\tWound management (chronic and acute)\n•\tCompression and dopplers\n•\tHealth checks\n•\tEar syringing and updates\n•\tPhlebotomy\n•\tHCA foundation course and updates for non-registered staff (HCA/phlebotomist/Assistant practitioner)\n•\tManagement and supervision training\n•\tChronic disease including multi morbidity with updates including\no\tRespiratory\no\tCardiovascular (AF, stroke, MI, angina, lipids and primary and secondary prevention)\no\tDiabetes\no\tCKD\no\tDementia\no\tLearning difficulties\no\tContraception and sexual health\no\tWomen's health\n•\tHCA Foundation programme\nTraining for Mental Health team:\n•\tRisk assessment and risk management training\n•\tHIV and mental health (with local VCSE provider)\n•\tLGBTQ+ inclusion training\nTraining for AHPs\n•\tMusculoskeletal interface service training\n•\tMale and female examination \n•\tSleep related issues\nTraining for (in-house) Practice Pharmacists\n•\tAcute and Long-Term Conditions Management\n•\tAdvanced Clinical Assessment & Diagnostics \n•\tMedicines Optimisation & Deprescribing.\nFor all staff:\n•\tClinical supervision and Leadership\n•\tGroup consultations\n•\tRisk Management\nNon-clinical course requirements:\n•\tSummarising\n•\tCoding\n•\tMedical Terminology\n•\tConflict resolution and de-escalation\n•\tPractice management and leadership\n•\tPractice administration\n•\tPractice reception\n•\tCustomer Service skills\n•\tDealing with challenging people\n•\tChaperone\n•\tCare Navigation/ Triage\n•\tConducting appraisals\n•\tPrescription clerk training\n•\tPeople Management\n•\tHR policy & legislation\n•\tEmotional Resilience and Stress Management\n•\tUnderstanding investigations and prescriptions \n•\tThe contract duration is expected to be from 01 June 2025 for a period of 3 years with the option to extend for a further 1-year period\n•\tTo best support our general practice and PCN staff it is important the provider has a local presence, knowledge and experience of BNSSG such that training content matches local operational models and patient service provision needs.\n•\tBNSSG general practice face challenges as we all do in the NHS, this may result in practice mergers, closures and PCN changes. The BNSSG Training Hub is contracted to 31/03/26 with a national review currently taking place to consider a 3-year contract from 26/27 to 28/29 (to coincide with this 3+1 contract). Additional funding may be available each year, dependant on national and local allocations and agreement. \n•\tThe contract value for the initial 3-year period is £630k. If the extension option is exercised the total contract value is £840k."
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    "title": "General Practice Core Training",
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      "currency": "GBP"
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    "description": "This notice is placed as a Prior Information Notice (PIN) to inform the market of NHS Bristol North Somerset South Gloucestershire (BNSSG) Integrated Care Board (ICB) (the Commissioner's), intention to recommission General Practice Core Training. The Commissioner would like to understand the level of provider interest in delivering these services.  \nNHS BNSSG ICB (the Commissioner) is seeking to secure a Prime Provider who has the capability and capacity to deliver Clinical and Non-Clinical general practice core training services, in line with the specified requirements.\")\nThe geographical area is within Bristol North Somerset and South Gloucestershire (as per the BNSSG ICS)\nThe contract duration is expected to be from 01 June 2025 for a period of 3 years with the option to extend for a further 1 year period.\nTo best support our general practice and PCN staff it is important the provider has a local presence, knowledge and experience of BNSSG, such that training content matches local operational models and patient service provision needs.\nBNSSG general practice face challenges as we all do in the NHS, this may result in practice mergers, closures and PCN changes. The BNSSG Training Hub is contracted to 31/03/26 with a national review currently taking place to consider a 3-year contract from 26/27 to 28/29 (to coincide with this 3+1 contract). Additional funding may be available each year, dependant on national and local allocations and agreement.\n The contract value for the initial 3-year period is £630k. If the extension option is exercised the total contract value is £840k. \nThis exercise is being managed by NHS South, Central and West Commissioning Support Unit (SCW) on behalf of the Commissioner(s).",
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      "futureNoticeDate": "2025-06-01T00:00:00+01:00"
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      "name": "NHS Bristol North Somerset South Gloucestershire Integrated Care Board",
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        "locality": "BRISTOL",
        "postalCode": "BS1 5AG",
        "countryName": "United Kingdom",
        "streetAddress": "Floor 2, North Wing, 100 Temple Street"
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      "details": {
        "url": "https://bnssg.icb.nhs.uk/",
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      "contactPoint": {
        "url": "https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome",
        "email": "scwcsu.scwprocurement.bnssg@nhs.net",
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  "language": "en",
  "description": "This notice is an information gathering exercise rather than a call for competition in its own right, and therefore publication or response does not commit the Authority or respondents to a future procurement, nor provide any process exemptions or preferential treatment to any parties expressing an interest. The Authority will not be liable for costs incurred by any interested party in participating in this exercise.  \nInterested providers will be able to view this opportunity via the live opportunities list on the 'Health Family' e-procurement system, Atamis. Click on 'View our Live Opportunities' from the home page, available on the following link: https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome.\nOnce you have found the opportunity (via the search function, using the title or reference number), to gain full access to the relevant information and market engagement questionnaire, you will need to click on 'Register interest' - this will take you to the log-in page. \nYou will find the project titled: BNSSG ICB -General Practice Core Training with the Atamis C339145\nThis notice will be valid from 13th Feb 2025 until 4th March 2025\nIf you are not already registered on the system, you will need to do so before gaining full access to the documentation and to be able to submit your expression of interest for the market engagement event using the correspondence function within Atamis.  \nAny future tendering process will be conducted in accordance with the requirements and flexibilities provided by Articles 74 to 76 of the Directive, and Regulations 74 to 76 of the Regulations. The Authority will run a transparent tender process, treating all Bidders equally. For the avoidance of doubt, the Authority will not be bound by the Regulations or any other regulations or legislation except for the specific parts or circumstances that apply to the procurement of these Services.",
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