Contract for the supply of preparing materials, data collection and analysis and participant recruitment and interviewing, to support the delivery of the New Medicines Service evaluation for NHS England and DHSC

NHS Midlands & Lancashire Commissioning Support Unit · awarded 8 August 2025 · delivered in England

Who

Buyer	NHS Midlands & Lancashire Commissioning Support Unit STOKE-ON-TRENT
Supplier	IPSOS RESEARCH LTD
Category	services
Classification	Project management consultancy services CPV 72224000
Notice published	24 April 2026

What it is for

psos will recruit and carry out semi-structured interviews with patients involved in the New Medicines Service (NMS) (the subject of this evaluation). A mix of patients who have both used the NMS, and those eligible who have declined, and also from a mix of geographies, will be recruited. These interviews will be conducted remotely and patients will be offered a financial incentive to support their participation (paid for as part of this agreement). Ipsos will analyse and write-up the findings from these interviews (to a content plan agreed with the Strategy Unit) to be included in a client report delivered in December 2025

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