Health services

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This contract will support the creation of a combined respiratory airways programme, including audits for COPD and asthma. It therefore includes the continued delivery of a national clinical audit of COPD care provision and outcomes in England and Wales and the addition of Scotland to the programme. The successful provider will build on the successes and learning established by the audit to date. The programme will additionally incorporate national clinical audits of adult and paediatric asthma care provision and outcomes in England, Scotland and Wales. This contract will support the creation of a combined respiratory airways programme, including audits for COPD and asthma. It therefore includes the continued delivery of a national clinical audit of COPD care provision and outcomes in England and Wales and the addition of Scotland to the programme. The successful provider will build on the successes and learning established by the audit to date. The programme will additionally incorporate national clinical audits of adult and paediatric asthma care provision and outcomes in England, Scotland and Wales. Full details of the Authority's requirements are set out in the Specification in Annex B1 of Section B. Suitable providers will need to be able to demonstrate: — effective and fully integrated clinical leadership, — the ability to engage actively with all relevant professional disciplines, — the ability to engage actively with patient and carer groups; experience of patient and public involvement, — robust project management skills, — methodological and statistical expertise and experience to inform, data collection, data cleaning, analysis and interpretation of the data, — a commitment to quality improvement, — information security/management skills including understanding/ experience of patient level data linkage and sound knowledge of information governance and procedures for gaining permissions for data processing, — capacity and experience to successfully deliver the above requirements, — sound economic and financial standing.