# Hospital to Home Service

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

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [NHS Shared Business Services](/buyers/nhs-shared-business-services/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: [British Red Cross](/contract-winners/british-red-cross/public-sector-contract-awards)
- Award value: £386,348
- Tender value: £386,348
- Award date: 8 March 2019
- Published: 5 April 2019
- Contract start: 1 April 2019
- Contract end: 31 March 2021
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 0a420fb5-01b8-4d9d-a7a8-90788104040c-280259
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-7008f271-6912-4dc4-92cc-2e1712c5dac4

## Description

The Hospital to Home service works directly with Health & Social Care colleagues to support 3 Borough patients \(Hammersmith and Fulham, Westminster and Kensington and Chelsea\) discharged from both Imperial and Chelsea and Westminster Hospital\. The service bridges the gap between hospital and home and prevents readmission to hospital\. It supports the core priorities of the Local Authority \(LA\) and CCG in managing safe and timely discharge from hospital , reduction in delayed transfers of care as well as patient flow to assist the trusts Emergency Department \(ED\) performance\. The service: • Offers short term preventative intervention on discharge following an acute hospital episode • Supports reduction in extended length of stay in an acute bed • Prevents unnecessary hospital admissions • Avoids hospital re-admissions The CCG has assessed the most appropriate route to awarding this contract, having regard to the necessity to secure continuity of these essential patient services and has concluded that the incumbent provider will assure the safest solution and being considered the only technically capable provider at this time\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/0a420fb5-01b8-4d9d-a7a8-90788104040c-280259)