Award of Open Fetal Surgery Services for Open Spina Bifida to Two Centres

Awarded 14 Nov 2019

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NHS Arden and Greater East Midlands Commissioning Support Unit awarded a contract to University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Universitaire Ziekenhuizen Leuven for the delivery of open fetal surgery to treat fetuses with open spina bifida across England.

The service includes diagnosis with fetal magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), open fetal surgery, and adult high dependency unit (HDU) and antenatal ward care for women carrying a fetus with congenital open spina bifida who meet the access criteria.

NHS England sought to appoint two Fetal Surgery Centres (FSCs) to serve the population of women carrying a fetus suspected of having open spina bifida, with approximately 700 women per year in the UK receiving a diagnosis of a major form of open spina bifida.

The contract value is £581,040.

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