Private Patient Service · UK public procurement notice

Background to the Trust<br/>Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (LTHT) is one of the largest and busiest acute hospital trusts in the UK. The Trust has a budget of £1.4 billion and employs more than 21,000 staff. Last year, it treated more than 1.7 million patients.<br/>The Trust’s care and clinical expertise is delivered from seven hospitals on five sites, all of which support the Trust’s vision to be the best for specialist and integrated care.<br/>LTHT plays an important role in the training and education of medical, nursing and dental students, and is a centre for world-class research, innovation and pioneering new treatments.<br/>Our hospital sites are:<br/>

• Leeds General Infirmary (LGI) including the Leeds Children’s Hospital and Leeds Dental Institute<br/>
• St James’s University Hospital (including Leeds Cancer Centre) (SJUH)<br/>
• Seacroft Hospital<br/>
• Wharfedale Hospital<br/>
• Chapel Allerton Hospital.<br/><br/>The two main acute sites are the LGI and SJUH with supported plans to redevelop the LGI with two new hospitals (Adult and Childrens) as well as create an Innovation Village with a focus on health-tech, supporting Leeds City Council’s plans for an Innovation Arc in Leeds.<br/><br/>Background to the market engagement exercise<br/>LTHT is considering options to enable the successful development and delivery of its private patient business. The Trust’s objectives in enhancing its private patient offering are to:<br/>1. Offer patients the opportunity to receive private healthcare on an LTHT site;<br/>2. Support LTHT clinical teams who provide private healthcare to do so on an LTHT site;<br/>3. Create an income generation source which will allow money to be reinvested in NHS staff, care and services.<br/>One option under consideration is to collaborate with a private hospital operator (or potentially more than one operator, if different relationships are deemed to be beneficial for specific specialties/ sites). <br/>The Trust’s research suggests a strong market opportunity for a private patient service offering specialist care at St James’ University Hospital site (SJUH).<br/>LTHT’s strategy is to engage with private hospital operators who may be interested in such a collaboration and as such is engaging with the market in order to understand:<br/>- The market’s view of the opportunities associated with private patient work in Leeds;<br/>- The extent to which UK and international private hospital groups are interested in collaborating with the Trust to jointly progress a successful long-term private patient business across specific or all LTHT’s clinical specialties and sites; <br/>- What benefits organisations believe they can bring which would result in a successful private patient business with LTHT;<br/>- In broad terms, what type of commercial and operational structures would be most attractive to potential operators. Additional information: Background to the market engagement exercise<br/>LTHT is considering options to enable the successful development and delivery of its private patient business. The Trust’s objectives in enhancing its private patient offering are to:<br/>1. Offer patients the opportunity to receive private healthcare on an LTHT site;<br/>2. Support LTHT clinical teams who provide private healthcare to do so on an LTHT site;<br/>3. Create an income generation source which will allow money to be reinvested in NHS staff, care and services.<br/>One option under consideration is to collaborate with a private hospital operator (or potentially more than one operator, if different relationships are deemed to be beneficial for specific specialties/ sites). <br/>The Trust’s research suggests a strong market opportunity for a private patient service offering specialist care at St James’ University Hospital site (SJUH).<br/>LTHT’s strategy is to engage with private hospital operators who may be interested in such a collaboration and as such is engaging with the market in order to understand:<br/>- The market’s view of the opportunities associated with private patient work in Leeds;<br/>- The extent to which UK and international private hospital groups are interested in collaborating with the Trust to jointly progress a successful long-term private patient business across specific or all LTHT’s clinical specialties and sites; <br/>- What benefits organisations believe they can bring which would result in a successful private patient business with LTHT;<br/>- In broad terms, what type of commercial and operational structures would be most attractive to potential operators.<br/>Purpose of this PIN<br/>The purpose of this PIN is to raise the profile of, and to generate and assess interest of the private sector in, the Private Patient opportunities at LTHT. This document sets out some preliminary questions which LTHT would welcome a response from potentially interested parties and the opportunity to discuss this further as appropriate.<br/>Process<br/>Parties who have registered interest in respect of the Prior Information Notice (PIN) are asked to complete the Questionnaire included in Appendix 1 and to return the response via the Atamis link to this PIN by 9 February 2024 <br/>Respondents are asked not to include any promotional or other material when submitting their response to the Questionnaire.<br/>This Questionnaire is associated with a Prior Information Notice (PIN) and as such there is no obligation between the Trust and any party. <br/>Should LTHT wish to understand the organisation’s response to the Questionnaire further, LTHT may request an initial exploratory meeting and/or respond in writing. Any exploratory meeting will be held as soon as practicable, the aim being March 2024. LTHT expects to conduct any exploratory meetings in an informal but focussed manner. Time will be used to ensure productive dialogue and debate. <br/>At this point in the process, potentially interested parties are asked to not approach LTHT consultants or other LTHT staff …