Prior Information Notice — Forthcoming Procurements of a Dental electronic referral service for NHS

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Arden and Greater East Midlands Commissioning Support Unit (AGCSU), acting on behalf of the NHS England — Central Midlands (hereby known as The Commissioners) invites expressions of interest from the dental electronic referral service (DERS) providers to manage the appropriate clinical demand and allocation for approximately 150 000 referrals based on the tiers of complexity and excluding those referrals where the General Dental Practitioner (GDP) suspects a malignancy for the area.The aim of the procurement is to remove inequalities in service provision of specialist and intermediary dental services for patients residing across the Central Midlands locality. The service will achieve an improved referral mechanism for patients, referrers and providers. A clinically triaged DERS will help facilitate a care pathway for a patient to see the right clinician, at the right time, in the correct health setting.