Barnsley Healthcare Federation re-appointed to run GP services at Brierley Medical Centre (Updated 23 November 2021) 

NHS Barnsley Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) is responsible for planning and buying the NHS GP services across Barnsley. We have sent the update below following on from our previous letter sent to all registered patients of Brierley Medical Centre in August 2021.

As highlighted in our previous letter, all GP practices have a contract to provide NHS services that last for a number of years. The contract for NHS GP services at Brierley Medical Centre was scheduled to come to an end, as planned, on 30 November 2021.

As your CCG, we took the decision to maintain and continue with GP services at Brierley Medical Centre after this date, meaning that registered patients would continue to have all the same NHS GP services available to them from 1 December 2021. However, to enable us to do this, we needed to carry out an open competitive selection process where any qualified providers of health services could bid for and to carry out the contract from 1 December 2021.

This open competitive selection process has now concluded and as promised, we wanted to provide an update regarding the outcome of this and next steps. 

Overview and outcome of open competitive selection process

Back in August we wrote out individually to and invited views and feedback from all registered patients of Brierley Medical Centre via a brief survey.  This could be completed online, via paper freepost copy or at an in person drop in session held at Brierley Methodist Church about anything that they would like to share with us about their personal experiences of the GP services that they receive at the practice. 

We received 215 responses which was 9% of the total amount of people that were sent the survey and we had a good coverage of responses across all age groups and post codes within the catchment area that the practice serves.  Thank you to everyone who took the time to provide us with their feedback.  

We collated all the feedback into a report and then used the feedback to help develop some of the questions we asked all the bidders as part of the selection process. 

A copy of the summary engagement report can now be accessed here  

The open competitive selection process took place between September and November 2021 and we are pleased to confirm that the current provider Barnsley Healthcare Federation were the successful bidder for the new contract to provide NHS services at Brierley Medical Centre. 

What does this mean for registered patients at Brierley Medical Centre  

Nothing will change for registered patients of the practice. They will continue to receive all their current health and care services from the GP practice at Brierley Medical Centre and they do not need to do anything now or after 1 December 2021.

The new contract will start from 1 December 2021.  Barnsley Healthcare Federation have committed to work with the CCG and existing practice patient group to look at and learn from the feedback received from registered patients as part of this process to see where good practice can be built upon and focus in on the key areas identified for improvement by registered patients.    

If you are a registered patient at Brierley Medical Centre and would be interested in finding out more about how you can get involved in the work of the practice patient group, please visit the practice website at www.brierleymc.nhs.uk or call the reception team to register your interest.