# Cortisone Programme Support

> A sourced UK public sector contract award published by The Defence Medical Services.

## Key facts

- Buyer: The Defence Medical Services
- Supplier: [HUNTER HEALTHCARE RESOURCING LIMITED](/suppliers/hunter-healthcare-resourcing/public-sector-contract-awards)
- Award value: £657,355
- Tender value: £657,355
- Award date: 18 July 2023
- Published: 9 August 2023
- Contract start: 24 July 2023
- Contract end: 31 March 2024
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 6e4bb086-fb98-4e31-84a4-e15b34d4b077-670223
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-29b22f5b-c66f-4486-bd5b-a39b98a61339

## Description

The Vision for Programme CORTISONE is to deliver a sustainable, integrated, cohesive, and enduring information capability that will fully and effectively support the delivery of evidence based medical and dental health and healthcare outputs for Defence\. This will be achieved by delivering an ecosystem of healthcare information services that enable better patient outcomes and contribute to DMS resource optimisation, maximising the number of personnel fit for role\. To achieve this there is a requirement for robust Medical IT specialist Project Management \(PM\) and Programme Office Management \(POM\) services to support Programme CORTISONE and its 5 subordinate projects\. CORTISONE is one of UKStratCom's largest programmes and its success is essential to the safe delivery of healthcare to Service Personnel\. There are critical PM and POM services shortage in the CORTISONE Programme Office this statement of requirement is seeking the delivery of suitably qualified, security cleared personnel to provide these services until the delivery of each subordinate Project\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/6e4bb086-fb98-4e31-84a4-e15b34d4b077-670223)