Award of Primary Care Escalation Framework Service to Care Unbound Ltd

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NHS South of England Procurement Services awarded a contract to Care Unbound Limited for the provision of a Primary Care Escalation Framework (PCEF) Service on behalf of NHS Brighton & Hove, NHS West Sussex, and NHS East Sussex Clinical Commissioning Groups.

The contract, valued at AUD 1,024,057, commenced on 10th January 2022 for a period of 14 months and 3 weeks, with an option to extend by up to a further 12 months.

The PCEF is a programme commissioned through a collaboration of Improved Access Service providers to rapidly roll out a framework that demonstrates live resilience of primary care services at practice, primary care network, place, and system level, coordinating timely responses to Covid-19 and winter pressures while ensuring stability of general practice in Sussex.

It dovetails with the wider ICS winter escalation framework and aims to provide visibility across the whole health and care system.