# Understanding Patient Data SDE specific

> Contract award record from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [NHS England](/buyers/nhs-england/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: Understanding Patient Data
- Award value: £300,000
- Tender value: £300,000
- Award date: 14 February 2024
- Published: 1 March 2024
- Contract start: 1 December 2023
- Contract end: 30 November 2025
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 45af5434-604b-4f1c-bd71-b75c6b5670a0-728411
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-61f785b7-23be-4906-abea-fd3ef1ad4091

## Description

Understanding Patient Data \(UPD\) is an independent initiative focused on supporting conversations with the public, patients and healthcare professionals on the transformation and innovation in the use of health data\. NHS England's is joining a number of multiple large scale credible funders \(of UPD's initiatives\) such as the NHS Confederation, the Welcome Medical Research Council, and the National Institute for Health and Care Research to take forward a 'what words to use' programme of work, which will produce independent guidance that can be adopted by a variety of organisations that supports NHSE to meaningfully communicate with patients and the public about uses of health data that is transparent and authentic\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/45af5434-604b-4f1c-bd71-b75c6b5670a0-728411)