Oldham Services
In the event that your pharmacy needs to suspend the delivery of locally commissioned services due to closures (either planned, unplanned or partial closures) contractors are responsible for notifying the commissioner.
Oldham Locally Commissioned Services:
Asymptomatic Testing
Oldham Community Testing Programme
A further opportunity has been made available for contractors to apply to deliver the Community Testing Programme.
The new round has been published on The Chest Portal with a deadline for submission of the 25th March 2021 at 12pm.
Oldham Council will be holding an engagement and tender guidance session on Monday 22nd March 2-4pm, to support with any questions you may have with regards to the process.
The invitation including guidance on how to register for the event can be found here – Final Tender Guidance event 2 invitation
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Tendering Process & How to Access the Opportunity Details of the tender can be found on The Chest – https://www.the-chest.org.uk/ You must be registered on The Chest to access and submit the application documents, if you have not previously registered, contractors can set up as a new supplier at https://procontract.due-north.com/. The tender framework being adopted is a ‘Dynamic Purchasing System’ which means the commissioner can accept multiple providers and can extend the provision period flexibly without going back out to tender. |
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Timelines The timescales are tight with a 15-day turnaround.
PLEASE NOTE: THE DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION HAS NOW PASSED (Weds 3rd March)
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Supporting Documents The following documents are available on The Chest public domain and may support contractors to make an informed decision before applying: Annex C Exclusion Grounds – Grounds for exclusion from the tender process NHS Test and Trace Staff Testing SOP – Standard Operating Procedure The following clarifications have been confirmed for all bidders: TUPE is not involved in the tender. Tests are free of charge to providers with PPE supplied. Oldham council will deliver to provider sites. Weekly activity report required of volume of tests only. Monthly invoicing required – electronic preferable. £10 per test No cap on the number of tests CHL has also kindly put together the following documents to support contractors with this process: |
| Further information on the service model, fees, and training can be found here – Oldham Community Testing Programme – Summary 25.02.21 |
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If you have any queries with regards to the above, please contact enquiries@gmlpc.org.uk |
Sexual Health Services
Emergency Hormone Contraception (EHC)
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Service Specification – 01/04/2021-31/03/2022 Levonorgestrel PGD v5 -28/06/2021-27/06/2023 The commissioner has confirmed that the chlamydia service has currently been suspended whilst the provider is reviewed. Signposting information is available within the updated service specification. Doxycycline PGD – 07/01/2021-06/01/2023 Azithromycin PGD– 07/01/2021-06/01/2023
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Supporting Documents Service Information Letter – April 2021 Service Information Letter – October 2019
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Key Contact
Andrea Entwistle Public Health Business and Strategy Manager Oldham Council Level 4, Civic Centre West Street Oldham, OL1 1UG*
Telephone: 0161 770 3386
Email: andrea.entwistle@oldham.gov.uk
Substance Misuse Services
Supervised Consumption
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Service Level Agreement – 01/04/18 – 31/03/21 Service Specification – 01/04/18 – 31/03/21 The commissioner has provided updated specifications and SLAs for supervised consumption and needle and syringe exchange to cover provision until April 2022, these are currently under review by GMLPC. |
Supporting Documents LPC contact details March 2020 —— COVID-19 Updates |
Key Contact
Graham Parsons Chief Pharmacist Turning Point Standon House, 21 Mansell St, London, E1 8AA
Telephone: 07484 514189
Email: graham.parsons@turning-point.co.uk
Needle and Syringe Exchange
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Service Level Agreement – 01/04/18 – 31/03/21 Service Specification – 01/04/18 – 31/03/21 The commissioner has provided updated specifications and SLAs for supervised consumption and needle and syringe exchange to cover provision until April 2022, these are currently under review by GMLPC. |
Supporting Documents |
Key Contact
Graham Parsons Chief Pharmacist Turning Point Standon House, 21 Mansell St, London, E1 8AA
Telephone: 07484 514189
Email: graham.parsons@turning-point.co.uk
Alcohol Services
Stop Smoking Services
Smoking Cessation- CURE Pilot
NHSE/I have provided the below update with regards to the smoking cessation pilot. Contractors participating will receive a copy of the below comms via NHS mail, we advise that the letter provided is printed and kept on file as the SLA has not yet been updated;
The Pharmacy Integration funded smoking cessation pilot that commenced in Oldham in November 2020 has continued during the covid-19 pandemic. There has not been the system capacity to roll-out to further pilot sites, and as a result there is a requirement to collect more data and then hopefully extend the pilots into additional locations. The Pharmacy Integration team are working with the national smoking cessation team to receive clarification of their plan for mobilising their secondary care early implementer sites in other areas, and to establish a small number of community pharmacy pilot sites in addition to Oldham where appropriate.
We are pleased to advise that we will extend the SLAs with all the pharmacies in the smoking pilots to the end of July 2021 and will update the documents on the NHS BSA website. It will be assumed that those pharmacies participating in the pilots will continue to provide the service unless they decide to opt-out.
No additional registration with the BSA will NOT be necessary, this will automatically continue to roll on until 31st July 2021. We will keep you informed of any further changes to this pilot.
NRT Voucher Scheme
Currently not commissioned in this locality
Champix PGD
Currently not commissioned in this locality
End of Life Services
Palliative Care Stock Holding & Out of Hours
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Service Specification – including Anti-viral stockholding PSD– 20/04/2020 – 31/03/2021 Service Specification Extension letter -31/03/2021-31/3/2022 Oldham CCG have now confirmed that Tier 2 of the palliative care service has been extended until 31st March 2022, the tier 1 stockholding service is also commissioned until 31st March 2022. Those who are also providers of the Tier 3 OOH service have been contacted separately to confirm that this has also been extended for 6 months, and a new updated rota has been shared however Oldham CCG have confirmed that they will not be extending the Tier 3 Out Of Hours Service beyond the current end date of 31st July 2021. This service will therefore cease on 31st July 2021 when the current rota ends. Nigel Dunkerley from Oldham CCG has said that: “Unfortunately we won’t be able to renew the contract for this aspect of the provision as we haven’t needed to use it since it started just over 12 months ago. The pharmacies have been absolutely fantastic in their support for us and their approach to the service provision has been exemplary. I personally, and the CCG generally, are grateful to have such wonderful colleagues.” |
Minor Ailments Services
GM Scheme
Local Scheme
Eye Condition Services
Covid-19 Urgent Eyecare Service (CUES)
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Supporting Documents CUES Service Summary One Pager CUES Practice list Oldham September 2020 PE UES Poster AW 1b practice poster PE UES Poster AW 2b practice poster Urgent Eyecare Service Leaflet During the COVID-19 pandemic, the CUES (COVID-19 Urgent Eye Care Service) was launched to support the pandemic. This service now supersedes the Minor Eye Condition Service (MECS) The CUES is an extended version of the MECS service which allows remote consultation and uses IT capability to provide a digital service. In some areas, an Independent prescriber may be used to prescribe medicines for the patient. For further details please refer to the service summary, available here Where a medicine is required, Pharmacies will directly be supplying or selling (where appropriate), “Pharmacy only” (P) medicines and General Sales List (GSL) medicines, and the following POMs: chloramphenicol, cyclopentolate hydrochloride, fusidic acid and tropicamide. In these new CUES areas, patients will be provided with a private written order for purchase items over the counter or access the Minor Ailment Service (MAS) in areas where the MAS is commissioned. For further information click here |
Minor Eye Conditions NHS Community Dispensing Service (MECS )
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NHS Health Check
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The NHS Health Check programme was placed on hold for 2020/21 and is currently under review. GMLPC will ensure contractors are kept updated once the programme review has been completed. |
