Continuing healthcare tender writing
NHS continuing healthcare tenders are won on clinical assurance and speed: complex care delivered safely at home, with rapid mobilisation and clear clinical oversight. We write to the NHS buyer's priorities and check you qualify for free before you start.
Free eligibility check on any UK care tender. We tell you straight whether you'd qualify before you pay a penny.
What makes continuing healthcare tenders different
CHC is NHS-commissioned, so the buyer is usually an integrated care board or a commissioning support unit rather than a council, and the language and assurance they expect is clinical. A bid pitched at a council audience misses the mark.
Fast-track CHC, for people with a rapidly deteriorating condition, is judged on how quickly and safely you can stand up complex care at home, sometimes within hours. Mobilisation speed is a real scored factor.
Complex clinical care in a home setting, including end-of-life, needs evidence of clinical governance away from a clinical building. Commissioners want to know oversight does not weaken once care leaves the ward.
How we write a winning continuing healthcare bid
We write to the NHS clinical audience
We use the right clinical framing and assurance an ICB evaluator expects, covering competency, escalation and oversight, so the bid reads as written by people who understand CHC.
We evidence rapid, safe mobilisation
For fast-track work we show how you assess, staff and equip a complex package at pace without cutting clinical corners, with the timeline and roles spelled out.
We prove clinical oversight at home
We evidence how registered clinicians supervise care in the community, how competencies are signed off, and how risk is managed, so the buyer trusts care delivered in someone's home.
Looking for continuing healthcare tenders right now?
We track live UK care tenders and update them every few days. Have a look, or text us and we'll point you at the ones that fit.
Continuing healthcare tenders: common questions
Who commissions continuing healthcare contracts?
Usually NHS integrated care boards, often via a commissioning support unit, rather than local authorities. The evidence and assurance they expect is clinical, and we write to that audience.
What is fast-track CHC and how does it affect a bid?
Fast-track is for people with a rapidly deteriorating condition who need care set up quickly, often for end-of-life. Bids are judged partly on how fast and safely you mobilise, so we make your rapid-response model concrete.
Do I need to be CQC registered for CHC homecare?
Yes, for the relevant regulated activity, and clinical governance is scrutinised closely. We confirm your eligibility for the specific tender for free before you commit.
Can you write end-of-life care at home into a CHC bid?
Yes. End-of-life care at home is common in CHC. We evidence advance care planning, symptom management, and working with community health teams.
Thinking about a continuing healthcare tender?
Send it over and we'll tell you free whether you'd qualify, before you spend a penny. £795 for your first tender.