BCU-OJEU-56712 - Provision of Primary Care Dental Services

BCUHB is seeking to commission the provision of further additional dental services aimed at improving access levels across the region, in particular in those areas identified with low access rates and/or high oral health needs.

The Health Board is interested in receiving Expressions of Interest from new or existing Providers wishing to either increase service levels at an existing practice or establish services at a new practice.

The objectives of this Dental Procurement scheme are:

-To introduce additional capacity targeted towards increasing the proportion of the population able to access NHS General Dental Services

-To improve the accessibility to primary care dental services for patients seeking an NHS dentist

-To ensure that provision should be safe, effective, of high quality and available equitably to the whole population.

In order to deliver these objectives, the Health Board wishes to procure additional general dental services targeted at those areas of North Wales identified with existing low levels of access to dental services.

Bidders will be expected to present an accommodation solution for the delivery of the service in their bid proposal.

BCU Health Board Priority Areas by District/Catchment:

Patients within these areas would see the greatest benefit and the areas that should be initially targeted:

-Anglesey

-Arfon

-Conwy West

-Dwyfor and North Meirionydd

-North Denbighshire

-South Flintshire

-South Wrexham

BCUHB is seeking to commission the provision of Orthodontic Services aimed at improving access levels within the East region.

The Health Board is interested in receiving tender applications from new or existing Providers wishing to either increase service levels at an existing practice or establish services at a new practice.

It should be noted that additional General Dental Services are expected to be commissioned within Wrexham and Flintshire areas to meet the routine treatment needs prior to and between orthodontic assessments

The objectives of this Dental Procurement scheme are:

-To introduce additional capacity targeted towards increasing the proportion of the population able to access NHS Orthodontic Services within the East area.

-To improve the accessibility to Orthodontic Services for patients seeking an NHS dentist within the East area.

-To ensure that provision should be safe, effective, of high quality and available equitably to the whole population.

BCUHB is seeking to commission the provision Tier 2 Oral Surgery dental services aimed at improving access levels across the region, in particular in those areas identified with low access rates and/or high oral health needs.

The Health Board is interested in receiving tender applications from new or existing Providers wishing to either increase their current service levels to include this service at an existing practice or establish services at a new practice.

The objectives of this Dental Procurement scheme are:

-To introduce additional capacity targeted towards increasing the proportion of the population able to access NHS Tier 2 Oral Surgery Dental Services in the West and Central areas

-To improve the accessibility to Intermediate Tier Oral Surgery dental services for patients seeking an NHS dentist in the West and Central areas

-To ensure that provision should be safe, effective, of high quality and available equitably to the whole population.

In order to deliver these objectives, the Health Board wishes to procure Oral Surgery (Tier 2) dental services targeted in the West and Central areas with existing low levels of access to Oral Surgery (Tier 2) dental services.

BCUHB is seeking to commission the provision Non-Urgent Access Sessions aimed at improving access levels across the region, particularly those areas identified with low access rates and/or high oral health needs.

The Health Board is interested in receiving tender applications from new or existing Providers wishing to either increase service levels at an existing practice or establish services at a new practice.

The Access Sessions will enable patients, including sporadic and infrequent attenders, to have:

-a timely dental service offer planned to meet the pattern of how some people want to use services.

-access ongoing oral healthcare and personalised prevention to reduce the reliance on urgent dental care services

-a resumption of normal activity such as work, parenting and education due to prompt access and treatment if there are urgent and ongoing treatment needs.

There is a need for these sessions to accommodate those patients that choose to access NHS Dental Services sporadically or find themselves without a regular dentist or have historically struggled to access an NHS dental practice and require priority, but not urgent, treatment and those patients who were actively receiving NHS treatment and are under an open course of treatment, but the practice is no longer providing NHS dental services.