Dynamic Purchasing System to provide Extra Vehicle and Staff Capacity to deliver Non-emergency Patient Transport Services

The County of Somerset covers a large geographical area. It has a dispersed, mainly rural population of approximately 540 000 people, with only one in four of its residents living in one of its three largest towns; Taunton; Yeovil; and Bridgwater. Somerset has two acute trusts within its borders (Taunton and Somerset NHS Foundation Trust and Yeovil District Hospital NHS Foundation Trust) as well as 13 community hospitals (run by Somerset Partnership NHS Foundation Trust) and 75 GP practices. The provision of Non-Em...