CALLS FOR REVIEW OF EVIDENCE— CANCER AND PALLIATIVE CARE REHABILITATION

The National Cancer Action Team is sponsoring a national workforce project that seeks to define indicative rehabilitation workforce levels needed to support patients with cancer and cancer-related palliative care needs. This will be mostly but entirely in relation to physiotherapy, occupational therapy, speech and language therapy and dietetics.

The first stage of the project is to review the evidence available for rehabilitation interventions and pathways of care, followed by the production of a written report about the evidence available for each of 8 tumour sites.

This information will be used subsequently as a framework on which to develop national evidence-based pathways of care and finally indicative workforce figures for Allied Health Professionals. The work is to be completed at the latest by late autumn 2008.

Tenders are invited from all suitably qualified and experienced providers (either individuals or organisations). The selected provider will be expected to demonstrate:

- The skills and experience they have available to complete this work
- An outline of the infrastructure they will use to achieve the outcome
- How they will meet the agreed timescales
- An indication of any resource requirements
- The cost and a plan of how the deliverables will be achieved.

Those wishing to tender for this contract should contact elaine.marsden@manchester.nhs.uk (0161 237 2310) for further information and specification.

Completed tenders must be submitted by: Noon Friday, June 6th, 2008 to elaine.marsden@manchester.nhs.uk Tender presentations will take place on: Tuesday, June 24th 2008 at: St Thomas' Hospital, London