Tender: Consultant-led ENT Services (Full RTT Pathway) – University Hospitals of Northamptonshire (Kettering & Northampton)

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University Hospitals of Northamptonshire is seeking a supplier for full consultant-led ENT services to meet local population demand and offer patient choice at the point of referral. The Provider will deliver a full consultant-led ENT RTT Pathways service with patients transferred via the IPT process, covering referral management, diagnostics, outpatient activity, elective and day-case procedures, postoperative follow-up, discharge, and RTT administration and clock management, and must provide a high-quality, integrated, safe and patient-centred pathway. The service is commissioned to improve access, eliminate long RTT waits and provide resilient elective capacity while maintaining safety, quality and patient experience in line with NHS and GIRFT guidance; the Provider will be fully accountable for RTT performance for all patients transferred or referred under this contract and the service is commissioned by Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust under UHN, accountable to the Chief Operating Officer of UHN via the respective Head of Operations or their nominated deputy.