University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust opens £16m patient transport tender
The Trust wants a single contractor to run high dependency and non-emergency transport for patients across its sites.
Written with data automation, every figure verified against the official notice · · 1 min read
University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust has published a tender worth an estimated £16m for high dependency and non-emergency patient transport services. Reference C453466 covers one lot and closes for bids on 1 September 2026. The notice was published on 31 July 2026 and lists Stoke-on-Trent as the delivery region.
University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust has gone to market for a contract worth an estimated £16m to run patient transport services across its sites.
The notice covers high dependency and non-emergency transport, with the contract intended so that "each patient should reach the ward, department or Trust location on time for their appointment and in comfort and without detriment to their medical condition." The work is structured as one lot, reference C453466.
This is an open tender rather than an award: the Trust has invited bids and no supplier has yet been named. The notice was published on 31 July 2026 and the deadline for responses is 1 September 2026.
Ambulance and patient transport operators serving the NHS, and logistics firms with medical transport capability, are the obvious audience here. Trusts benchmarking their own non-emergency transport spend will also want to see how this one is structured once bids close.