Request For Tender (RFT) 029/0809
Applications are sought from from capable and experienced individuals or organisations to research patients’ experiences of open disclosure. This will include interviewing one hundred patients, filming documentary quality appropriate educational stories from consenting patients, developing survey instruments to enable the study of patient and staff experiences of open disclosure and developing patient centred indicators of successful open disclosure.
This project has been developed as part of an overall strategy to support and encourage health care staff and facilities to undertake open disclosure in ways that are most effective for patients.
It is proposed that work commence in September 2008.
The Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care is hosted by the Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing and has offices located in Sydney. Parties interested in tendering must address the evaluation criteria in the format outlined in the Request For Tender document, available in the first instance by registering on the Department's internet site at www.health.gov.au/tenders
Any difficulties accessing this site should be addressed to the Contact Officer Mr David Lewis on phone: 02 9263 3633 or
email: david.lewis@safetyandquality.gov.au
Tenders will close at 2pm on 26 August 2008 in Sydney.
