Provision of Needle Exchange Equipment, Safe Disposal of Clinical Waste, Oversight, Training and Payment of Pharmacies for Service Delivery 2019
What the buyer wrote
North Somerset Council invites tenders for Needle exchange services delivered by community pharmacies. Needle exchanges are important in preventing the spread of Blood Borne Viruses (BBVs) (NICE PH52); a 2004 World Health Organisation (WHO) study states that "needle exchange services substantially and cost effectively reduce the spread of BBV's without increasing injecting use". They are particularly important in relation to Hepatitis C (HCV); injecting drug users are the largest group most at risk of contracting HCV, with approximately 80% of new HCV infections in the UK being attributed to this group. The WHO has a target to eradicate HCV by 2030; a target NHS England aim to exceed by a…
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- What the buyer calls it
- Provision of Needle Exchange Equipment, Safe Disposal of Clinical Waste, Oversight, Training and Payment of Pharmacies for Service Delivery 2019
- How they are buying
- Advertised, open to anyoneAny supplier could bid without being invited first.
- Suitable for small firms
- The buyer says yes. What that is worth
- Work starts
- 30 Jun 2019
- Work ends
- 30 Jun 2024
- Kind of work
- Health and social care, Waste collection and recycling
Who the buyer named
Holly Wilkins was the named contact on this notice.