NHS West Yorkshire ICB System Coordination Centre

To deliver the Out of Hours element of the West Yorkshire System Coordination Centre from Wednesday 1 November 2023. This would be between the hours of 8.00-18.00 on weekends and bank holidays. At times of exceptional system pressure the out of hours service will be required to flex the hours of operation to 20.00. It would also include support on an ad hoc basis to the ICB On Call team in managing additional system calls relating to Emergency Preparedness Resilience and Response (EPRR) during the same period as required. The contract will be for 3 years and proposals are sought in the region of £160k per annum with a maxiumum financial cap of £200k per annum. Bids excess of the financial cap will be disqualified.

The SCC will co-ordinate system response to the emergency care pathway using the OPEL Framework 23/24 alongside local provider and ICS surge policies. This framework contains specified and incremental core actions for the SCC at each OPEL level.

The SCC is responsible for the tactical co-ordination of integrated planned and unplanned interventions across the ICS on key systemic issues that influence patient flow. Key surrogate markers of impact include:

• Supporting ambulance Trust emergency response times to communities.
• Safety of emergency departments (ED) and subsequent capacity to achieve timely ambulance handover and time to treatment (TTT).
• Achieving safe levels of discharge from acute (adult & paediatric), mental health and community providers to meet forecast demand.

SCCs will utilise its unique position within the ICS to support with proactive management of operational pressures and risks, including timely sharing of emerging issues and risk mitigation. The SCC should also utilise historical data trends to risk assess and validate local assurance submissions with regard to planning for events that require specified operational planning.