SWAST-5136-COR Ambulance Specialist Manual Handling Training & Consultancy

The South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SWAST) has appointed a suitably qualified and experienced provider to deliver Ambulance Specialist Manual Handling Training and Consultancy Services for its workforce across the South West of England. The contract will support the Trust in maintaining safe, effective, and compliant manual handling practices for operational and non-operational staff, helping to reduce the risk of injury and promote workforce wellbeing.

The successful provider will be expected to deliver specialist manual handling training, expert advice, consultancy support, and a train-the-trainer approach to enable the Trust to maintain and continuously improve its manual handling capability. Services will support a large and geographically dispersed workforce operating across Bristol, Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Gloucestershire, Somerset and Wiltshire.

This procurement has been conducted as a below-threshold Open Procedure in accordance with the Procurement Act 2023.