Non Emergency Patient Transport Service

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Buyers

NHS Devon Clinical Commissioning Group

Value

£12,194,050

Suppliers

First Care Ambulance Service

Classifications

Special-purpose road passenger-transport services
Patient-transport vehicles

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Published

3 years ago

Description

Non-urgent, planned, transportation of patients with a medical need for transport to and from a premises providing NHS healthcare and between NHS healthcare providers in Devon (except Torbay)

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NHS Devon Clinical Commissioning Group

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Garry Mitchell, Deputy Director of Procurement, South, Central and West Commissioning Support Unit

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