DHSC:NIHR Support Services: Public Partnerships and Maximising Research Impact

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DHSC

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£18,998,512

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BMJ Publishing Group Limited

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Miscellaneous business-related services

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Submission Deadline

7 months ago

Published

3 weeks ago

Description

The National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) is funded by the Department of Health and Social Care and its mission is to improve the health and wealth of the nation through research.
This opportunity is for the re-procurement of NIHR support services to:
- Improve the way partnerships with people and communities in health and care research work ("public partnerships"),
- Improve how NIHR research is disseminated, and knowledge is mobilised to facilitate uptake and adoption of insights from research ("maximising impact"), and
- Act with other NIHR coordinating centres as an integral part of 'One NIHR'; a co-ordinated, joined-up organisation.

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