Out of Hours Primary Care Service - Bury

Provision of out of hours, GP delivered, primary care services to ensure patients across Bury have access to essential GP services. Provision of clinical expertise and capacity to supplement existing primary network. Service includes clinical support to current priority population health management during the COVID-19 pandemic response: COVID management service; Community COVID Pulse Oximetry; Swabbing services. The service contributes toward the development and implementation of urgent care transformation across Bury, acting as critical partner, and through LCO membership, progress further development of recent local clinical initiatives including: Greater Manchester Clinical Assessment Services (CAS); Urgent Treatment Centre (UTC)); and Pre-Emergency Department (ED) streaming within the local Acute Hospital setting. Additional information: The contract being awarded is for an interim duration of 6 months (with rights reserved for this to be extended for up to a further 6 months - with a value of £775,000) to ensure continuity of critical out of hours services, affording the CCG opportunity to review the longer term commissioning intentions.