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title: "National Education and Training for NHS Diagnostics Workforce Programmes such as Respiratory Physiology and Sleep medicine"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-05183c"
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current_stage: "Planning"
buyer: "NHS ENGLAND"
published: "2025-05-20"
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# National Education and Training for NHS Diagnostics Workforce Programmes such as Respiratory Physiology and Sleep medicine

Buyer: NHS ENGLAND  
Current stage: Planning  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-05183c

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## Summary

NHS England has initiated a procurement process for the National Education and Training for NHS Diagnostics Workforce Programmes, focusing on Respiratory Physiology and Sleep Medicine. This planned procurement is currently in the planning stage, with a future notice expected on 1st July 2025. The procurement process is centred on services related to education and training, located in the United Kingdom, and forms part of a light-touch regime. The contract value is projected at £4,000,000 GBP, with the contract period starting on 1st January 2027 and potentially extending to 1st January 2033. The Directorate of Workforce, Training and Education supports this financially as part of NHS England's broad initiative to enhance professional educational programmes.

This tender presents significant opportunities for businesses specialising in education and training services, particularly those offering innovative programmes for diagnostic workforce development. Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and voluntary sector organisations (VCSEs) are encouraged to participate, indicating a suitability for a diverse range of organisations eager to expand their portfolio within the healthcare education sector. The process could lead to favourable business growth by contributing to the improvement and evolution of NHS workforce training, especially for firms that can offer restructured or novel programmes aligned with NHS England's strategic objectives.

## Notice

NHS England's Workforce, Training and Education Directorate sets out a suite of Education and Training programmes which are supported financially by NHS England as a corporate body. This is a wide ranging list of programmes covering most professional groups. This procurement is for one of the programmes within this education and training offer. The overall Procurement is titled as Diagnostics Workforce Programmes, and will include a review of the current provision, including rationalisation of the current programmes, and identification of new, aligned programmes. The current programmes under review for this reprocurement are: Respiratory Physiology, Sleep medicine

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/023068-2025 |
| Notice type | UK1 - Pipeline Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Not Specified |
| Procurement method details | Not specified |
| Tender suitability | SME, VCSE |
| Awardee scale | Not specified |
| All stages | Planning |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 20 May 2025 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | 1 Jul 2025 |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | 1 Jan 2027 - 1 Jan 2031 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £4,000,000 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Planned |
| Lots status | Planned |
| Awards status | Not specified |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | NHS ENGLAND |
| Locality | LONDON |
| Post town | South East London |
| Postcode | SE1 8UG |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLI London |
| ITL 2 | TLI4 Inner London - East |
| ITL 3 | TLI45 Lambeth |
| Local authority | Lambeth |
| Electoral ward | Waterloo & South Bank |
| Westminster constituency | Vauxhall and Camberwell Green |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 80 - Education and training services

### Codes

- 80000000 - Education and training services

## Release History

- 20 May 2025 at 09:47 - Planning - UK1 - Pipeline Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/023068-2025

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/023068-2025
  20th May 2025 - Pipeline notice on Find a Tender

## Notice URLs

- https://www.england.nhs.uk/
- https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents

## Provenance

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