# Contract for the supply of preparing materials, data collection and analysis and participant recruitment and interviewing, to support the delivery of the New Medicines Service evaluation for NHS England and DHSC

> A sourced UK public sector contract award published by NHS Midlands & Lancashire Commissioning Support Unit.

## Key facts

- Buyer: [NHS Midlands & Lancashire Commissioning Support Unit](/buyers/nhs-midlands-and-lancashire-commissioning-support-unit/contract-awards)
- Supplier: [IPSOS RESEARCH LTD](/suppliers/ipsos-research/public-sector-contract-awards)
- Award value: £29,000
- Tender value: £29,000
- Award date: 8 August 2025
- Published: 24 April 2026
- Contract start: 11 August 2025
- Contract end: 31 December 2025
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: ad96db86-8b87-4e78-b06d-851ff2fa0579-894432
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-fa47fcd7-d3a5-4fa0-88ad-754007165562

## Description

psos will recruit and carry out semi-structured interviews with patients involved in the New Medicines Service \(NMS\) \(the subject of this evaluation\)\. A mix of patients who have both used the NMS, and those eligible who have declined, and also from a mix of geographies, will be recruited\. These interviews will be conducted remotely and patients will be offered a financial incentive to support their participation \(paid for as part of this agreement\)\. Ipsos will analyse and write-up the findings from these interviews \(to a content plan agreed with the Strategy Unit\) to be included in a client report delivered in December 2025

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/ad96db86-8b87-4e78-b06d-851ff2fa0579-894432)