# Suicide Bereavement Training

> A sourced UK public sector contract award published by Health Education England.

## Key facts

- Buyer: [Health Education England](/buyers/health-education-england/contract-awards)
- Supplier: Cruse Bereavement Care
- Award value: £74,900
- Tender value: £170,000
- Award date: 22 March 2021
- Published: 23 March 2021
- Contract start: 6 April 2021
- Contract end: 31 March 2022
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: e721eeea-3719-43e1-8bf2-fb48740b988e-422595
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-fde33d5c-44f4-4fb7-8f48-6250e1a265c0

## Description

Health Education England, in the North West, Public Health England, the Greater Manchester Health and Social Care Partnership and the North West Coast Strategic Clinical Network are seeking to engage an education provider, working either alone or in partnership with another organisation, to design, deliver and evaluate suicide bereavement training for people who provide counselling and/or talking therapies at step 2 and/or 3\. The provider will be responsible for: - The design and delivery of a modular training programme, delivered as face-to-face, remotely/virtually or a combination of these methods, covering a range of topics relevant to staff who support people who have been bereaved by suicide\. - Working with counselling and talking therapy providers across the North West and with HEE North West to recruit trainees into the programme\. - Ensuring that there is equity of access for delegates from NHS and non-NHS organisations across the three STP/ICS areas of the North West\. - Ensuring that delegates acquire the knowledge and skills needed to provide appropriate support to people who have been suicide bereaved\. - Collating trainee feedback and providing HEE North West with an evaluation report based on mutually agreed outcomes\. - Must be prepared and able to deliver face to face training remotely/virtually if required\. The key objectives include: - To provide a group of NHS and non NHS professionals with the skills and tools they will need to provide appropriate support to people who have been bereaved by suicide\. - To enhance patient care and experience by improving the support available for people who have been bereaved by suicide\. Bids will be welcomed from individual providers or partnership of providers, with the programme expected to be delivered before 31st March 2022, with the possibility of annual extension up to 31st March 2024\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/e721eeea-3719-43e1-8bf2-fb48740b988e-422595)