National Audit of Care at the End of Life (NACEL)

The National Audit of Care at the End of Life will be for NHS-funded care in England, Wales and Jersey (inclusion other devolved nations/Crown dependencies is yet to be determined and will be detailed within the tender documentation).
The initial contract is anticipated to be for a period of 3 years, at a maximum total budget of up to £ 1,085,457.00 excluding VAT and £1,302,548.40 including VAT. Bids exceeding this limit will be rejected. Due to the unknowns in advance of holding the premarket engagement session, it is currently expected that the extension value will be a 2 year pro rata of the core 3 year funding, estimated at £723,638 excluding VAT.
The values stated may be subject to change and the final values will be given when the tender goes live.
There is potential to include other Devolved Nations and/or Crown Dependencies, and aspirational measures (which will be defined in the service specification).
The role of a national clinical audit is to stimulate healthcare quality improvement through the provision of high-quality information on the organisation, delivery and outcomes of healthcare, together with tools and support to enable healthcare providers and other audiences to make best use of this information. Outcomes are benchmarked against available national guidance and standards from established professional and patient sources.
Every year, over 550,000 people die in England and Wales, almost half in hospital, and in most cases death can be anticipated. There is only one chance to get care right for a dying person and those people important to them. It is essential that this is high quality and delivered compassionately by caring and competent staff.
Accordingly, the National Audit of Care at the End of Life is expected to:
Develop a robust, high-quality audit designed around key quality metrics likely to best support local and national healthcare quality improvement
Detect, describe and help reduce unwarranted clinical variation by systematically...