Care Home Short Stay Beds Pilot

Stoke-on-Trent and North Staffordshire CCGs are looking to commission the following on a 2 year pilot basis:

1) Up to 35 Short Stay General Nursing beds in a single location 2) Up to 15 Short Stay EMI Nursing beds in a single location

The Contracts for both services will run from 1st November 2016 – 31st October 2018.

The aim of this service is to provide a Short Stay facility to allow the discharge of patients meeting specific clinical criteria (see below) into a safe, high quality care environment where an agreed care plan, including expected length of stay, will be followed.

Additional information: North Staffordshire Clinical Commissioning Group and Stoke on Trent Clinical Commissioning Group invite established Care Home providers in the Staffordshire region to express an interest being a part of a pilot scheme to provide a service as per the attached description. If interested please submit your proposal no later than Tuesday 18th October 2016 direct to sharon.maguire4@nhs.net Any service commissioneed will be subject to NHS Terms and Conditions. North Staffordshire CCG and Stoke on Trent CCG does not guarantee any volume of referrals to the selected Provider(s)