“STOP AND GO” (AN EU PROJECT) - THE PRINCIPLES OF ROLLING OUT SUSTAINABLE PROCUREMENT SOLUTIONS FOR TELEHEALTH PRODUCTS Dr Bryan Griffiths

STOP and GO is a PPI Pilot project funded by the ICT Policy Support Programme (ICT PSP) as part of the Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme of the European Union. The project began in April 2014 and will run for 36 months. The overarching strategy of STOPandGO is to pilot an innovative procurement process to improve the lives of older citizens. The project will produce and validate a standard “European Specification Template”, that will be enacted in a coordinated manner in 7 localities.

STOPandGO Overview

The STOPandGO project

Pilot an innovative procurement process to improve the lives of older citizens, according to “Public Procurement

of Innovative Solutions” (PPI)

Providers will deliver the desired outcomes for a sample population of over 5000 beneficiaries

Overarching Strategy

Partners and Procurers

STOPandGO Services

• STOPandGO services use innovative methodologies to enable greater mobility and independence of people living with Long Term Conditions

• The services therefore include both the health and social care activities provided by formal and informal carers, including the promotion of self-care and healthy lifestyles

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The Process

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Objectives Produce and validate a standard “European Specification Template” (EST) for

tenders procuring health services for older people enabling innovative care models, as a support to the EU policies on Active and Healthy Ageing by piloting

an innovative procurement process in a coordinated manner in 7 localities across Europe.

4 countries 7 Public Procurers

Local procurement

> € 17M Local procurements

20% of procurement costs

funded

Current status

We are looking for wide stakeholder opinion on the suitability of the

European Specification Template (EST)

Join the ongoing Open Market Consultation

A first draft of EST is already available for review at

http://stopandgoproject.eu/est

www.stopandgoproject.eu estfeedback@stopandgoproject.eu

@STOPandGOEU

THANK YOU Dr Bryan Griffiths “Stop and Go” (an EU project) - the principles of rolling out sustainable procurement solutions for Telehealth products. Bryan.griffiths@nwcahsn.nhs.uk @brygriffiths