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New deal means home treatment for Greater Manchester patients with severe digestion problems
2 September 2008
Greater Manchester patients with severe digestion and intestinal failure problems can be treated in the comfort and convenience of their home, rather than in a hospital. The treatment comes a a result of a contract between Greater Manchester Primary Care Trusts (PCT) and Clinovia, the UK’s most experienced home healthcare provider, which is now part of the Bupa Group.
Greater Manchester PCTs, in partnership with Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust, have chosen to extend a contract with Clinovia to provide home parenteral nutrition (HPN) to 56 patients for a further five years. The contract, which is worth more than £8 million in total, begins on 1 October and is the largest of its kind in the UK.
HPN patients have problems with their digestive system, which means that they are unable to absorb nutrients from food normally and need to be fed intravenously.
They can include people with inflammatory bowel diseases, such as Crohn’s, or those having difficulties with their gut following radiotherapy to treat bowel cancer.
Ejaz Nabi, technical director, for Clinovia, said: “Clinovia is committed to the long-term wellbeing of patients with intestinal failure. We are privileged and proud to be the preferred partner of the largest such unit in Europe.
"We will strive to work closely with commissioners, clinicians and patient support groups to continually improve services for this group of patients. We are delighted that our service provision has been endorsed by clinicians and PCTs alike.”
Clinovia has provided HPN for 27 years, the longest of any provider in the UK, and Hope Hospital is one of only two centres of excellence for intestinal failure in England.
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