# Integrated Community Musculoskeletal \(MSK\) Service

> Contract award record from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: NHS North Tyneside CCG
- Contract winner: [Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust](/contract-winners/northumbria-healthcare-nhs-foundation-trust/public-sector-contract-awards)
- Award value: £5,516,475
- Tender value: £5,516,475
- Award date: 27 September 2016
- Published: 18 November 2016
- Contract start: 1 January 2017
- Contract end: 31 March 2022
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 18c55d0b-7e26-4c4e-8e73-36ba0e715b67-111684
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-485aa4d5-adca-11e6-9901-0019b9f3037b

## Description

North of England Commissioning Support \(NECS\) are working for and on behalf of NHS North Tyneside CCG who have commissioned an Integrated Community MSK service for North Tyneside\.The overarching outcome of the service is to enhance the management of patients within primary care and actively manage the demand for secondary care services; ensuring patients have speedy access to appropriate treatment\.This service is for patients aged 18 and over with musculoskeletal symptoms where all alternative conservative treatments have been considered as first line management\. The service will:- triage referrals;- treat symptoms, including by joint injections;- arrange access to appropriate diagnostics, either by direct provision or by referral to a third party provider; and- make onward referrals when deemed necessary\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/18c55d0b-7e26-4c4e-8e73-36ba0e715b67-111684)