Clinically Enhanced Pharmacist Independent Prescribing (CEPIP) Programme - Health Education England London and South East- SoEPS/17.346

**24 October 2017: Procurement halted. The decision to halt this procurement is due to the fact that capacity and volume required inline with the Specification would not currently be achieved. The Commissioner will be holding a Market Engagement Event on Wednesday 1st November 2017 in London to discuss the Specification and capacity requirements with all interested providers. An advert for the Market Engagement Event will be placed on Contracts Finder and OJEU - Reference NHS/SoEPS/17.372. **

NHS South of England Procurement Services, acting on behalf of Health Education England (the Commissioner) are commencing a tender for the delivery of a Clinically Enhanced Pharmacist Independent Prescribing (CEPIP) Programme for HE London and the South East.

The CEPIP programme delivers a GPhC-accredited Pharmacist Independent Prescribing module (IP), blended with enhanced clinical content including clinical health assessment and diagnostics. CEPIP offers the 'hands on' training opportunities to produce the pharmacist of the future - a practitioner with advanced skills to confidently and competently manage patients with health assessment, diagnostic and clinical examination skills comparable with that of an Advanced Clinical Practitioner.

Key objectives:

• Deliver a level 7 accredited, regulator approved, clinically enhanced independent prescriber training programme, for pharmacists in NHS Acute and Mental Health Hospitals, including those employed in community pharmacy and undertaking HEE recognised cross-sector Foundation Pharmacist training programmes.

• Provide a strategy to improve discharge times by supporting development of multi-skilled clinicians, capable of undertaking clinical duties, while also using their specific skills as independent prescriber pharmacists to provide a service which may otherwise be undertake by junior doctors.

• Address an identified need for drug therapy/management in emergency and acute care, from point-of-admission to point-of-discharge.

• Demonstrate appropriate use of the workforce to conduct clinical work and developing the multi-skilled clinical teams, resulting in positive impact on patient safety, patient experience and throughput.

CEPIP has been successfully delivered in the West Midlands since 2014, but will be new to the LaSE region.

The contract value will be a maximum envelope of £1,560,000 (inclusive of VAT) for three years.

Please access the procurement documents for further information.

The deadline for submission of completed ITT submissions is Friday 22 September 2017 at 12:00pm (midday). Late submissions will not be accepted. The e-portal system will shutdown at 12:00pm and any unsubmitted bids not registered to the system at this time will not be accepted. Therefore, please submit in good time prior to the deadline date and time.