Published date: 12 July 2016

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: 26 July 2016

Contract summary

Industry

  • Education and training services - 80000000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£0 to £20,000

Procurement reference

MAPmapping120716

Published date

12 July 2016

Closing date

26 July 2016

Contract start date

10 August 2016

Contract end date

7 September 2016

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?

Yes

Description

HEE is commissioning a report to map the education and training of the four MAP roles:

1. Physicians' Assistants (Anaesthesia),
2. Physician Associates,
3. Advanced Critical Care Practitioners and;
4. Surgical Care Practitioners

The report must:
• Include the mapping of all four curricula, to identify commonalities and establish a core level of knowledge, skills and behaviours by;
• Identify the common, generalist and specialist skills across the four roles.
• Include details of course entry and qualification requirements, duration of training, competences including the number and variances of procedures throughout training, and the proportion and division of the time spent training in clinical settings and in the classroom.
• Review pathways for established health professionals into the MAP roles and to fast track into one or more of the MAP roles.
• Include details of assessment and quality management of the education and training of the four professions

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Additional text

In Autumn 2014 HEE commissioned a report entitled "Working towards a common education and training programme to support a route to statutory regulation for Physicians' Assistants (Anaesthesia) (PAA), Physician Associates (PA), and Surgical Care Practitioners (SCP) in England". Subsequently, Advanced Critical Care Practitioners (ACCP) were included within the scope. The report contained a review of the current education and training, career development and regulation of these professional groups, known collectively as Medical Associate Professions (MAPs). Additionally, an exploration and critical appraisal of options for developing a common, integrated education and training programme to underpin a quality assured route to statutory regulation was included.

Developing a common career and education and training framework for these groups was recommended to enable a single application for statutory regulation. There are opportunities for joint learning (potentially a common first year) across the professional groups in areas such as anatomy, physiology, pathology, pharmacology, professional practice, history gathering, clinical examination. This would be followed by either further generalist training or specialist training, e.g. in anaesthesia or surgery.

About the buyer

Contact name

Robin Sturtivant

Address

Health Education England
1 Mere Way
Ruddington, Nottinghamshire
NG11 6JS
England

Telephone

0115 823 3475

Email

robin.sturtivant@nhs.net