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title: "National Education and Training for NHS Professionals in Advanced Clinical Practice"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-0518e3"
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published: "2025-06-11"
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# National Education and Training for NHS Professionals in Advanced Clinical Practice

Buyer: NHS ENGLAND  
Current stage: Planning  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-0518e3

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## Summary

NHS England, located in London, is planning a procurement titled "National Education and Training for NHS Professionals in Advanced Clinical Practice." The procurement focus is on education and training services, falling under the industry category of public authority within central government. This initiative will rationalise and identify new advanced clinical practice programmes, with a budget of £140,000,000. Key dates include a planned communication of the procurement notice by 1st April 2026, with the contract period expected to start on 1st September 2026 and end by 1st September 2030, with a maximum extension possible until 2032. This procurement is currently at the planning stage and follows the light-touch regime, aiming to engage suitably qualified SMEs and VCSEs.

This procurement presents significant opportunities for businesses involved in education and training services, particularly those experienced with healthcare professional training. Companies that specialise in developing innovative and aligned healthcare education programmes will find this tender ripe for exploration, especially given the planned review and potential expansion of NHS's advanced clinical practice offerings. The proactive focus on rationalisation and alignment indicates NHS England's commitment to evolving its workforce capabilities, providing a robust growth avenue for suppliers who can deliver scalable and high-quality educational solutions to support this strategic aim.

## 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 Advanced Clinical Practice, 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: Advanced Clinical Practitioner, Advanced Clinical Practitioner - Critical Care, Advanced Clinical Practitioner - Mental Health, Advanced Clinical Practitioner - Supervision, Advanced Clinical Practitioner - Surgical Care, Advanced Clinical Practitioner - Top Up, Advanced Clinical Practitioner - Neo-nates, Advanced Clinical Practitioner - Specialist Portfolio (Training grant - i.e. FICM and MSK)

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/031632-2025 |
| 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 | 11 Jun 2025 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | 1 Apr 2026 |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | 31 Aug 2026 - 1 Sep 2030 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £140,000,000 |
| 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

- 11 Jun 2025 at 14:59 - PlanningUpdate - UK1 - Pipeline Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/031632-2025
- 20 May 2025 at 13:18 - Planning - UK1 - Pipeline Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/023288-2025

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/031632-2025
  11th June 2025 - Pipeline notice on Find a Tender
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/023288-2025
  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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