# Community COPD Service - Invitation to Bidder Information Event

> Tender notice from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [NHS Midlands and Lancashire Commissioning Support Unit](/buyers/nhs-midlands-and-lancashire-commissioning-support-unit/contract-awards)
- Tender value: £7,000,000
- Published: 4 May 2017
- Planned start: 1 April 2018
- Planned end: 31 March 2025
- Stage: open_tender
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 73c5db69-ad60-4231-8b99-9eda63c3c062-145276
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-e7152559-472c-4633-8ae0-cda7f30237d3

## Description

NHS Halton CCG has a requirement for a Community COPD Service\. Operating across Halton, the Community COPD Service will provide home \(including residential & nursing homes\) and community based care\. The service must be able to deliver: • Patient centred care which allows patients with COPD to be more independent, taking more responsibility for their own care and quality of life\. • Seamless care and support to patients and their carers through close working arrangements with social care and 3rd sector providers • A 'shift of care' into the community, working primarily with general practice as part of a multi-disciplinary team designed around, and for, the patient and carer • Referrals of appropriate patients to the Community Pulmonary Rehabilitation Service The Community COPD Service will also be required to make a significant contribution to NHS Halton CCG's plans to reduce non-elective admissions, to effectively manage prescribing costs and to improve the management of patients with COPD in primary care\. The contract will be awarded for an initial 5-year period with the potential to extend for a further 1 x 2-year period\. \*\* Prior registration for the event is essential \*\* The bidder information event will take place on Thursday 18th May 2017 at 1\.30pm at The Heath Business & Technical Park \(room Sycamore A\), Runcorn, Cheshire WA7 4QX\. The event will consist of presentations by the CCG about the service which will be followed by a 1 to 1 meeting opportunity with members of the CCG\. These meetings will be allocated on a first come, first come served basis and the CCG will make all endeavours that all interested parties are provided with a 1 to 1 meeting\. Further information will be provided upon registration for the event\. To book a place please contact James Aldred on james\.aldred@nhs\.net

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/73c5db69-ad60-4231-8b99-9eda63c3c062-145276)