Step into Health Service

NHS England
London
Direct award
1 July 2025 to 31 December 2025

Delivery of a bespoke employment programme supporting service leavers, veterans, and their families into NHS roles. Activities include reviewing recruitment practices to remove barriers, managing advertising via the Career Transition Partnership, facilitating introductory workshops, candidate insight days, and mentoring, and coordinating work placements. The service also involves producing guidance for NHS employers to improve recruitment practices and encouraging collaborative working across providers to support the Armed Forces community.

Open the official notice

Awarded value: £113k; As published
Published: 4 February 2026; Find a Tender
Awarded: 1 July 2025; NHS Confederation
Contract length: 6 months; Ends 31 December 2025

What the buyer is asking for

Provision of specialist recruitment consultancy and employment support services for the Armed Forces community within the healthcare sector.

Lifecycle

Publishedon Find a Tender
4 February 2026
Contract awardedto NHS Confederation
1 July 2025
Contract starts
1 July 2025
Contract ends
31 December 2025

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How it compares

2.4× the typical sector based work academy contract (£48k).

Cite this contract

Link: https://bidskim.com/tender/347185/step-into-health-service
Buyer reference: C371692
Open contracting ID: ocds-h6vhtk-0646b8
Source: Find a Tender
Last checked: 12 October 2026

NHS England. Step into Health Service. Contract award, 4 February 2026. BidSkim, https://bidskim.com/tender/347185/step-into-health-service (accessed 12 October 2026).