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(Awarded, opportunity now closed) (Framework award, monetary commitment depends on employer uptake) In partnership with Health Education England and employers nationally, Salisbury are conducting a further competition for the requirements listed. This Opportunity The successful provider(s) will be able to demonstrate significant co-production of course material, and will reflect employer led needs as well as fully satisfying the requirements of the Apprenticeship Standard, including agreeing all teaching time, attendance, etc with employers rather than dictating how the Apprentice will learn. Providers should be mindful of the wide geography of the employers, and should be able to demonstrate significant innovation in education delivery (including the use of emerging technology, VR, etc), as well as being able to demonstrate how they would support both the learners, and line managers / mentors within the learner's workplace. A key feature for the successful provider will be a willingness to work with the employers to co-produce, and in some cases co-deliver the programme. We are inviting tenders and would welcome bids from providers who wish to work together to develop a flexible programme delivery to be carried out nationally and regionally.

This Framework replaces C1546.335 (National CPD Framework) and C1546.297 (London CPD Framework). Responses submitted for either of those Frameworks will not be carried across to this, and providers on those Frameworks must respond to this opening to continue their CPD / Education listing. The Framework is open across all our eligible public and third sector organisations. Employers may select providers by either Direct Award from the Course Listing, or by Further Competition managed via Salisbury. Any Provider applying to the Framework must meet all the pass/fail criteria listed on the Response Document. All Providers must agree to the Framework terms and conditions published on the Bravo portal - amendments to those Terms will not be made for specific providers. Please note the final selection of providers to award is a decision for employers and this Framework does not represent a spend commitment by any organisation.

In partnership with Health Education England, Salisbury NHSFT are running a national procurement to create an employer listing of Healthcare Science Apprenticeship provision, at all educational levels, listed by speciality pathway delivered within the programme. Bidders must respond only via Salisbury's Bravo procurement platform, including any clarification questions. Note - Existing Healthcare Science Procurements (C1546.53 and C1546.176) will be retired on completion of this Procurement. If you hold an award under those Procurements, you MUST submit to this opportunity to continue to be listed for these subjects. Bidders awarded under the recent CardioRespiratory Speciality (C1546.365) will be carried forward to this outcome for that speciality route only - to be listed for other specialities you must respond to this Procurement.

Background The NHS People Plan 2020/21 was published in July, with a strong emphasis on 'Looking after our People' - including 23 commitments related to health and wellbeing. One of the NHS People Plan Promise's is that all our people feel supported, safe and secure at work. "The safety and health of our people is paramount. Leaders across the NHS have a statutory duty of care to prevent and control violence in the workplace - in line with existing legislation - so that people never feel fearful or apprehensive about coming to work." There is overwhelming evidence regarding the impact that violence, harassment and abuse can have on people's health and wellbeing, affecting mental and physical health. In the most tragic cases, this can result in loss of life or life-changing injuries and psychological issues. For others, it can lead to increased stress and anxiety levels, reduced confidence and resilience, and an impact on their families. Research shows that staff who experience violence and aggression at work are four times more likely to take sick leave and are more inclined to leave the NHS. The pandemic has arguably compounded the risks of traumatisation for many people, including health care leaders and their teams. There is also an increasing body of evidence highlighting the impact violence and abuse has on patient care. Since NHS Protect was disbanded in 2016 there has been no national NHS wide data collection of incidents relating to violence, harassment and abuse against our NHS colleagues. The only sector that has continued to collect and report on an annual basis is the ambulance service. Incident data is, however, still collected individually by Trusts but there is no mechanism currently to view and assess the data at a regional or national level to inform future planning, commissioning, and future interventions. A small scale incident data collection exercise conducted in 2021 examining local data held by a number of Trusts highlighted many inconsistencies and gaps around recording and naming conventions in relation to the reporting of incidents of violence, harassment and abuse in the workplace and potential causation factors. The COVID pandemic has further heightened concerns around violence, harassment and abuse to staff in the workplace and a number of professional representative groups, associations and unions have been undertaking their own surveys and analysis to inform organisational responses. To date the findings from all these studies have not been brought together to be reviewed and assessed to understand the impact, nature and causation, where known, of violence, harassment and abuse against our colleagues. 2. Aim and Objectives of the review 2.1 Aim The aim of the project is to better understand the nature, extent and impact of work-based violence, harassment and abuse to NHS staff across all healthcare settings, while identifying good practice in preventative approaches and responses that can inform future interventions.

Salisbury NHSFT's Managed Procurement Services are working on behalf of NHS Commissioning Board (NHS England / NHS Improvement) in offering the following opportunity for suppliers : The NHS People Plan 2020/21 was published in July, with a strong emphasis on 'Looking after our People' - including 23 commitments related to health and wellbeing. One of the NHS People Plan Promise's is that all our people feel supported, safe and secure at work. "The safety and health of our people is paramount. Leaders across the NHS have a statutory duty of care to prevent and control violence in the workplace - in line with existing legislation - so that people never feel fearful or apprehensive about coming to work." There is overwhelming evidence regarding the impact that violence, harassment and abuse can have on people's health and wellbeing, affecting mental and physical health. In the most tragic cases, this can result in loss of life or life-changing injuries and psychological issues. For others, it can lead to increased stress and anxiety levels, reduced confidence and resilience, and an impact on their families. Research shows that staff who experience violence and aggression at work are four times more likely to take sick leave and are more inclined to leave the NHS. The pandemic has arguably compounded the risks of traumatisation for many people, including health care leaders and their teams. There is also an increasing body of evidence highlighting the impact violence and abuse has on patient care. It is acknowledged that data collection is a powerful tool to assess the scale of the issue allow the NHS to establish a baseline, consider strategies and policy to improve staff safety and measure improvement overtime. However, since NHS Protect was disbanded in 2016 there has been no national NHS wide data collection of incidents relating to violence, harassment and abuse against our NHS colleagues. The only sector that has continued to collect and report on an annual basis is the ambulance service. Incident data is, however, still collected individually by Trusts but there is no mechanism currently to view and assess the data at a regional or national level to inform future planning, commissioning and future interventions. From a small scale incident data collection exercise conducted in 2021 it was evident from the local data held by a number of Trusts that there are many inconsistencies and gaps around recording and naming conventions in relation to the recording of incidents of violence, harassment and abuse in the workplace and potential causation factors. There is a systemwide need to understand the scale of violence, harassment and abuse against NHS staff, to contribute to the understanding of staff health and wellbeing. It is recognised that in addition to systems currently used at a local level within the NHS, there may be new data collection systems available and solutions may also be reached by harnessing external reporting systems used by other agencies to meet the needs of the NHS. 2 Aim and objective of review 2.1 Aims The aim of the project is to better understand the tools and resources available to capture incidence of violence, harassment and bullying against the NHS workforce in all healthcare settings at an Integrated Care System, regional and national level. (Contract now awarded and ITT closed)

*Contract Award Notice* This Framework was established in February 2021 to replace the previous Dynamic Purchasing System operated by Salisbury NHSFT. This Framework operates at two levels - Level One, where any suitably qualified and eligible provider can submit details of all the apprenticeships they offer, and employers can then either direct award or, via Salisbury, conduct a further competition against their local needs. Level Two will be a smaller number of providers for a specific standard, appointed via a Further Competition, using a higher selection criteria published with each ITT. Both levels of listing are open across all our eligible public and third sector organisations. Level Two listed providers can be selected either by employer direct award or a further competition amongst those listed. Any Provider applying to the Framework must meet all the pass/fail criteria listed on the Response Document, and must only submit responses via Salisbury's Bravo procurement portal. All Providers must agree to the Framework terms and conditions published on the Bravo portal - amendments to those Terms will not be made for specific providers. This Award Notice relates to being placed on the Framework only and does not constitute any spend commitment.