# Clinical Knowledge Summaries: an Evidence Based Resource for Primary Care

> A sourced UK public sector contract award published by National Institute For Health And Care Excellence.

## Key facts

- Buyer: [National Institute For Health And Care Excellence](/buyers/national-institute-for-health-and-care-excellence/contract-awards)
- Supplier: [Clarity Informatics Ltd](/suppliers/clarity-informatics/public-sector-contract-awards)
- Award value: £882,000
- Tender value: £1,092,230
- Award date: 31 July 2017
- Published: 2 January 2018
- Contract start: 30 November 2017
- Contract end: 31 March 2020
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 883b3776-c848-4589-96fe-9ff6eeb58871-189232
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-959e7e06-275f-4300-9914-f1dc0ea3bd22

## Description

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence is seeking to procure a Clinical Knowledge Summaries \("CKS"\) Service\. The CKS Service will research topics and provide summaries of the best available evidence and practical guidance on best practice in an accessible, easy to use format aimed at Clinicians working in General Practice in the UK, British Overseas Territories and Crown dependencies \(hereafter referred to as 'the UK'\), covering a full range of Primary Care Presentations\. The CKS Service will support the strategic aims of NICE through the provision of a high quality, evidence based resource covering a full range of common and/or significant Primary Care Presentations from the start of the service\. It will be aimed at Clinicians working in General Practice in the UK and will be accessible through a range of NICE Digital Channels, managed and hosted by NICE, and presented in such a way as to allow easy use of the evidence based resource to support patient consultations\. The purpose of this document is to provide a service specification for the CKS Service\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/883b3776-c848-4589-96fe-9ff6eeb58871-189232)