Research and experimental development services

Tender description

The Global Digital Exemplar (GDE) programme is designed to support leading Trusts in developing local capabilities to utilise digital technology to underpin care transformation such that they become global leaders. NHS England requires a supplier to carry out an Independent Knowledge Sharing and Evaluation of the Global Digital Exemplar Programme as an ongoing evaluation over the full life of the programme (namely 4 years) across up to 30 Acute sites. The requirement is for a full evaluation of the global digital exemplar programme, including the curation, collation and diffusion of existing and future learning, investigation of the anticipated and actual benefits and the barriers and facilitators to a paperless NHS. The intention is to enable the early mobilisation of existing knowledge/learning from sites for the wider NHS and on-going insight to provide early warning of any changes that may need to be made to ensure the overall success of the GDE programme. The requirement is for a research partner or partners to support overall evaluation of the GDE programme focusing on the key aims of the programme, the provision of knowledge and a wider view of the impact of the programme on the paperless 2020 agenda. The key outcomes for the evaluation are: 1. On-going assessment of whether the overall aims of the programme have been met across all the sites individually and collectively from baseline to programme conclusion; 2. The measurable impact on the delivery of new models of care and the transformation of health delivery; 3. Progress with the implementation of systems and their optimisation and the impact of any in-house developments; 4. The best approaches for successful delivery of digitally enabled transformation, specifically relating to quality, safety and the efficiency of care, generically and for specific/priority areas of focus within the individual sites; 5. Collation and sharing of the existing and future knowledge across the sites to inform fast followers and the wider NHS in achieving the 2020 vision; 6. The development of strategic relationships and how these have impacted; 7. The learning needs of the workforce involved.