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<p>The Mid and South Essex Sustainability and Transformation Partnership (STP) has
set out proposals to change how they provide specialist care across the three hospitals
in their STP, to improve access for their population. The proposals are currently
under review by the Independent Reconfiguration Panel.</p><p>The proposals include
the development of a ‘treat and transfer’ model which would allow a small number of
patients within specified conditions to be stabilised at their local accident and
emergency department and then, if appropriate, transferred using a specialist clinical
transfer service to a different hospital to receive ongoing specialist treatment and
care. If this model is utilised, it is anticipated that 15 additional patients each
day could be transferred, increasing the total number transferred each day to 29.</p><p>As
the proposals are currently subject to a referral to the Independent Reconfiguration
Panel, the commissioning of any service will not commence prior to the resolution
of that process. The Mid and South Essex STP has secured £118 million of capital investment
to support these plans. A full competitive tender process will be undertaken if the
proposals are pursued.</p><p>Once the final service specification has been agreed
and issued to the market, the East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust and other
providers will be in a position to determine their capacity to fulfil the contract,
which would be assessed through any procurement process.</p><p> </p>
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