Nitrous Oxide & Entonox/Gas & Air Toolkit Update

To develop a short high level guidance document and an in depth "toolkit" which outline which recommended actions NHS colleagues should be progressing and prioritising, and how they may go about doing so.

The objective of the assignment is to: The objective of the assignment is to: 1. Plan Engagement: Utilising the contact details provided by NHS England, organise a programme of engagement with key stakeholders involved in the pure and mixed nitrous oxide ' waste mitigation enabling them a structured opportunity to provide feedback on NHS England draft guidance and toolkit. This may take the format of interviews, workshops, roundtable, surveys, user trials with key stakeholders etc. agreed with NHSE before commencing the engagement. Key stakeholders include national clinical leads, estates leads, pharmacy leads, along with experts and regional and local stakeholders who have previously undertaken work on nitrous oxide waste mitigation. NHS England also identified and engaged a small number of 'heavy user' sites which have agreed to trial the new toolkit in development. 2. Facilitate Engagement: Undertake the programme of engagement with key stakeholders, capturing the feedback provided on the content, structure and design of draft guidance and toolkit, as well as, what supporting resources should be produced. A specific approach should be undertaken to engage and gather feedback from the 'heavy user' sites which have agreed to trial the revised toolkit. 3. Feedback and propose additional material: Outline a proposal for the required updates, supporting materials and assets using the feedback provided in the engagement sessions. This will be agreed with NHSE. 4. Update Content: Using the feedback provided in the engagement sessions, update the content of the toolkit and guidance document. 5. Develop Supporting Resources: Based on stakeholder feedback, develop resources to support the trusts in the implementation of the guidance and toolkit such as four case studies, a flow chart, an example business case, and a list of lessons learned from system representatives. 6. Format and Design: Based on stakeholder feedback, the supplier will deliver the guidance and toolkit in a format that ensure the information is easy to understand, user-friendly and compatible with NHS technology and editable to enable easy update by NHS England in the future. 7. Define Comms and Engagement Plan:

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