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<p>We are informed by NHS England that the contract for 'core services' which will
be let by NHS Liverpool Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) on behalf of the CCG, Liverpool
City Council and NHS England has not yet been let. Following a transaction process
led by NHS Improvement (NHSI), Bridgewater NHS Foundation Trust (FT) has been identified
as the preferred bidder, and the submission is being assured by NHSI. When let, the
existing Liverpool Community Health NHS Trust contract will novate to Bridgewater
NHS FT. As such, and as with all other major National Health Service contracts, there
is no specific end point.</p><p> </p><p>Efficiency targets post 2018/19 cannot be
forecast for any NHS provider. For 2017/18 and 2018/19, all NHS providers are expected
to deliver the nationally set target of 2% efficiencies. This would be expected of
Bridgewater NHS FT across all its services.</p><p> </p><p>The Cheshire and Mersey
Sustainability and Transformation Plan (STP) contained a national template which set
out that community spend was anticipated to increase by approximately 3.5% per year
(for all CCGs) while hospital spend was anticipated to increase by approximately 1.8%
each year. The STP, along with other planning activity, is expected to manage spend
to sustainable levels while also ensuring quality and service performance are secured.
In North Mersey, there is a Local Delivery System Plan which describes all the work
to be undertaken to address this. This includes implementation of the Healthy Liverpool
Community Model.</p>
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