Published date: 11 May 2018

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Closing: 29 June 2018

Contract summary

Industry

  • Staff training services - 80511000

Location of contract

LS2 7UE

Value of contract

£4,250,000

Procurement reference

tender_159476/665614

Published date

11 May 2018

Closing date

29 June 2018

Contract start date

7 September 2018

Contract end date

31 July 2022

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

The General Practice Forward View (GPFV) includes a commitment to deliver an additional 5,000 clinical and non-clinical staff in general practices across England. Out of these 5,000 additional staff members there is a commitment to have ''a pharmacist (whole time equivalent) per 30,000 of the population... leading to a further 1,500 pharmacists in general practice by 2020/21''. These additional 1,500 CPs are being recruited and deployed into general practice between April 2017 and March 2020.
It is estimated that 5000 general practices will participate in this programme over the next 3 financial years (18/19, 19/20 and 20/21).
The key objectives of the programme are:
a. To enable general practices to understand the role and capabilities of the senior clinical pharmacist/s and clinical pharmacist/s.
b. To support general practices to integrate the clinical pharmacist/s into their multi-disciplinary team and enable them to work with patients and the wider primary care workforce.
c. To enable reception/admin staff to signpost patients to the relevant care professional, including the clinical pharmacist.
d. To provide general practices with the necessary tools and skills to review and redesign their current practices and processes to ensure that they are working as efficiently as possible.

About the buyer

Address

Quarry House, Quarry Hill
Leeds
LS2 7UE
England

Email

nhsengland.commercial@nhs.net