Source: https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a13bae-9a54-734f-8a3c-b5a87d369213/virtual-ward-gp-support-service [Skip to main content](#main-content) awardedGBnegotiated without publication procedure # Virtual Ward GP Support Service [East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust](https://tendernation.io/buyers/east-sussex-healthcare-nhs-trust) Estimated value Not stated Published 25 Sept 2024 Deadline Rolling deadline ## About this tender A seven day per week service supporting the Trust Virtual Ward consisting of:• Daily attendance and patient review at a VW virtual ‘board round’ to discuss patients – as appropriate• Medical decision making & prescribing as required for VW patients• Escalation to ESHT Consultants from relevant specialties to support the VW team• Medical advice – available during working hours – for the Virtual Ward team• Occasional home visiting (rarely required) if it is clearly beneficial and will • Support the Virtual Ward team in communication and working with carers and relatives• Support the Trust in the development of Virtual Ward pathways, VW awareness, and efficacy of access/referral/discharge processesThe GPs supporting the service are required to be able to offer face to face reviews occasionally and attend in person some development or service meetings, in a timely fashion and at short notiice – i.e. need to be working within East Sussex, able and willing to travel.The GPs also need to be experienced in general, skilled in supporting acute illness and in particular for patients with Frailty. The GP service must include GPs experienced in supporting virtual wards (to help with their own supervision and development).The GPs supporting also need to be familiar with local systems and processes (e.g. HSCC, JCR, UCR, PSL etc arrangements). GPs in the service need to be able to maintain good relations with ESHT Consultants (where relevant) and other primary care colleagues in East Sussex. Read full description ## CPV classification General-practitioner services Source Find a Tender (UK) · Notice ocds-h6vhtk-049d84-2024-09-25T10:01:19+01:00 [View official notice ](https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/ocds-h6vhtk-049d84-2024-09-25T10:01:19+01:00) Never miss a tender like this again Get AI summaries, deadline alerts and a bid pipeline for tenders matched to your business. Free to start. [Track tenders free ](/register) [Buyer profileEast Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust: past awards and live tenders](https://tendernation.io/buyers/east-sussex-healthcare-nhs-trust)[SectorMore Health and social work tenders](https://tendernation.io/sectors/health-social-work) ## More tenders like this [RRE-01284 - For the provision of a Digitally Enabled Children & Young People’s Mental Health Service (South Staffordshire) Midlands Partnership Foundation Trust 17 days left 3 Nov 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a146ba-bdbb-723e-91d9-73c07d7467ba/rre-01284-for-the-provision-of-a-digitally-enabled-children-young-peoples-m)[Children & Young People's Homecare & Sitting Service (Short Breaks Specialist) Lot 1; and Children and Young People's Outreach Support Service (Short Breaks Specialist) Lot 2 The Borough Council of Calderdale 12 days left 29 Oct 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a14872-4a25-72ad-a37f-1a3be4bb5b48/children-young-peoples-homecare-sitting-service-short-breaks-specialist-l)[AMCV 342 - The Provision of a Supported Living Service in the Battlefield area of Shrewsbury Shropshire Council 30 days left 16 Nov 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a14571-3685-7349-8b60-26d9c22670f1/amcv-342-the-provision-of-a-supported-living-service-in-the-battlefield-area-o)[Personalised Care Specialist Support Service - West Suffolk NHS Norfolk and Suffolk Integrated Care Board 46 days left 2 Dec 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a14571-381f-7396-957c-cc0c99077f74/personalised-care-specialist-support-service-west-suffolk)[Child daycare services – Réservation de berceaux en crèche pour les enfants Vertaviens Ville de VERTOU 27 days left 13 Nov 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a14210-0d35-7266-b839-25a448981ed6/france-child-daycare-services-reservation-de-berceaux-en-creche-pour-les-enf)[Company health services – Oulun Kaupunginteatteri Oy:n työterveyspalveluiden hankinta Oulun Kaupunginteatteri Oy 30 days left 16 Nov 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a14210-0bc2-70fb-8fdf-04d28b71fd35/finland-company-health-services-oulun-kaupunginteatteri-oyn-tyoterveyspalve)