Photopheresis Managed Service Contract

The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust is a UK centre of excellence in the delivery of a comprehensive photopheresis service. Photopheresis is an immunomodulatory therapy for the treatment of patients with a variety of diseases including cutaneous lymphomas and graft versus host disease following transplantation. This treatment has been established in Rotherham for over 20 years and has a large geographical base. The service currently deliverys approximately 1800 treatments per year and a further 200 as an outreach operation in Birmingham and Sheffield. The Trust is looking for a service provider to provide a Managed Service Contract including on-site personnel to provide administrative support, equipment/machinery, consumables, calibration, maintenance and training.

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