Awarded contract

Development of UK Post-Registration Pharmacy Technician Career Pathway

Details

Supplier(s)
Association Of Pharmacy Technicians Uk (Aptuk)
Value
94,000
Topic
Education and training services
Published
21 March 2024

Tender description

Health Education and Improvement Wales (HEIW) have a requirement for significant changes in the Initial Education and Training of Pharmacists (IETP). The objective is to create a pipeline of pharmacist registrants capable of independent prescribing at the point of registration by 2026. Progress is rapidly underway across UK Nations to implement these changes and establish a workplace environment that maximizes these enhanced skills within multi-disciplinary teams. Post-registration, RPS has outlined a defined career development pathway for pharmacists.

Timeline

  1. Completed: Award date1 December 2023
  2. Completed: Award published21 March 2024
    Current notice

About the buyer

NHS Wales - Shared Services Partnership is hosted by Velindre NHS Trust and buys as a healthcare body for every health board and trust in Wales through its Procurement Services division. Tenders are advertised on Sell2Wales and run through the eTenderWales portal. Frameworks cover capital equipment, pharmaceuticals, clinical supplies, food, utilities, maintenance, IT and the commissioning of healthcare services. Local procurement teams work with each health board alongside sourcing, supply chain and accounts payable teams. Where appropriate, tenders are split into smaller lots so SMEs can bid.

UK health spending has nearly quadrupled to £241.8bn in 2024/25, £20bn up on the year before. £140.6bn of that went to procurement, the biggest sector of UK public spending and the fastest-growing.

Over the past 5 years, most of NHS Wales - Shared Services Partnership's contract awards have been in health and social work, medical equipment and pharmaceuticals and repair and maintenance.

Relevant CPV codes

  • 80000000 · Education and training services

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