Resuscitation Training for Birmingham & Solihull Mental Health Foundation Trust

The BSOL Procurement Collaborative, hosted by University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust (UHB) is seeking to award a contract for Resuscitation Training on behalf of Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health Foundation Trust.

The training will comprise of provision of Resuscitation training, consisting of, as a minimum:

Both on and off-site training

E-Learning

Classroom learning

Delegate support

Administrative management

The Supplier shall also support the provision of clinical simulations to evidence what additional support and training is required.

The Supplier shall also be required to provide support for medical emergency reviews.

All training must meet national NHS and Resuscitation Council requirements.

The anticipated contract will be for a minimum of 3 years.

The anticipated annual number of training places to be delivered is as follows:

Quantity: 1030 Immediate Life Support (ILS) course places

Quantity: 96 Mother and Baby Life Support places

Quantity: 48 Adult and Paediatric Emergency Life Support places

Quantity: 72 Casualty Simulation session places

The actual numbers will be confirmed in the tender documents.

Training will be required at multiple sites/locations throughout the Birmingham and Solihull area. This may include training at Authority premises or at off-site locations.

Authority Profile

The organisation provides a comprehensive mental healthcare service for the residents of Birmingham and Solihull and to communities in the West Midlands and beyond.

The service operates out of more than 40 sites and serves a culturally diverse population of 1.3 million spread out over 172 square miles and has an annual income of £626m, a dedicated workforce of almost 5,000 staff and a range of local and regional partnerships, makes this service one of the most complex and specialist mental health foundation trusts in the country.

The services catchment population is ethnically diverse and characterised in places by high levels of deprivation, low earnings, and unemployment. These factors create a higher requirement for access to health services and a greater need for innovative ways of engaging people from the most affected areas.