Management of the NHS Volunteer Responder Programme for NHS England
NHS England · Awarded contract
AwardedManagement of the NHS Volunteer Responder Programme for NHS England
Awarded 01 Dec 2022
Awarded01 Dec 2022
Value£17,000,000.00
SupplierRoyal Voluntary Service
AgencyNHS England
RegionUnited Kingdom
CategoryPublic Services & Welfare
Ended 1y ago2y 11mo term
Awarded 1 Dec 2022Expired 31 Oct 2025
About
NHS England awarded a contract to Royal Voluntary Service for the management of the NHS Volunteer Responder Programme, valued at AUD 17,000,000.
The programme was established as part of the emergency response to Covid-19 and retains a national micro-volunteering and crisis/emergency response service.
The supplier is responsible for deploying volunteers into nationally agreed roles and for creating a quality assurance process to approve other organisations to access and deploy volunteers under the NHS Volunteer Responders brand, providing support and advisory functions as needed.
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