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Clinical placements contracts

UK public sector · 77 contracts awarded in the 12 months to 6 October 2026

Covering 600+ buyer portals · 5 years of records · Updated 6 October 2026 · How we count

Contracts awarded
77
Last 12 months
Median contract
£37k
Recorded value
Recorded value
£7.5m
77 of 77 main-service contracts have a published value
Buyers
8
Suppliers
63

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What stands out

  • The five suppliers that won the most clinical placements contracts took 17% of them (13 of 77).
  • The median contract, £37k, is 31% below the median across education & training contracts (£54k).
  • London had the most contracts: 67, or 87% of the total.

Who buys clinical placements

By contracts awarded, the 12 months to 6 October 2026.

  1. 1NHS England68 contracts
  2. 2Health Education and Improvement Wales2 contracts
  3. 3University of the West of England Higher Education Corporation2 contracts
  4. 4NHS Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Integrated Care Board1 contract
  5. 5De Montfort University1 contract
  6. 6Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust1 contract
  7. 7University of East Anglia1 contract
  8. 8Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust1 contract

Top clinical placements contractors by contracts won

The 12 months to 6 October 2026.

  1. 1Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust3 contracts
  2. 2Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust3 contracts
  3. 3Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust3 contracts
  4. 4University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust2 contracts
  5. 5University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust2 contracts
  6. 6Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust2 contracts
  7. 7Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust2 contracts
  8. 8University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust2 contracts
  9. 9Health Academy Limited2 contracts
  10. 10Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust2 contracts

Latest and largest awards

Each links to the official notice.

Latest

Largest

Contracts awarded by quarter

48Q4 2025*21Q1 20264Q2 20264Q3 20260Q4 2026*
* part quarter

Where the contracts were awarded

England 75 · Wales 2

London67South West4East of England2Wales2East Midlands1UK-wide or not stated1

What is included

Funding and management of practice placements, clinical educators, practice education and training academy capacity that supports health professional learners.

  • Healthcare student placement provision and clinical educator management
  • Practice education for imaging and cancer diagnostics
  • Imaging training academy capacity
  • GP training hub teach-and-treat placement funding

What is not included

  • Taught programmes (edu.he.post-registration-and-advanced-practice-education)
  • Clinical skills courses (edu.care.clinical-skills-simulation-and-patient-safety-training)
  • Student placement management software (it.lob.student-placement-management)