NCAPOP: National Vascular Registry and Prostate Cancer added

6 December 2011

HQIP has started the procurement process for two more new audit topics, as part of the 11 new topics for audit announced by Health Secretatry Andrew Lansley on 22 October 2011.  The National Clinical Audit Programme for the National Vascular Registry and Prostate Cancer are the second two audits to be procured for the 2011-12 financial year.

• National Vascular Registry contract opportunity details >>
• Prostate Cancer contract opportunity details >>

One early stage in the procurement is the development of high quality service specifications against which tender returns can be invited. The specifications need to reflect the Department of Health commissioning requirements for the project and will be largely based on the new topic proposal which was received and selected.

The overall aim of these specification development meetings (SDM) is to provide advice to allow HQIP to review the key design features embodied in the proposal against the Department of Health commissioning requirements, discuss the associated risks and consider whether any elements need to be refined or added to. 

The SDMs for the National Vascular Registry and Prostate Cancer will take place in January 2012.  Experts who feel they can contribute specifically to these SDMs should contact the HQIP National Clinical Audit Development Associate Samantha McIntyre at samantha.mcintyre@hqip.org.uk by 5pm Friday 6 January 2012 for further details.

HQIP may then use the output of this meeting when completing the specifications.  No attendee of the meeting with the potential to be part of a future tender return, will be able to have sight of the specifications moving forward until the tender packs are sent out, so as not to gain any unfair advantage during this process.  Relevant information or materials made available at the meeting will be published on the HQIP website along with a summary of the minutes.

Read more about the new topic proposals here >>