Applications for phase 3 of the Pathway Transformation Fund (PTF) will open from Monday 4 January.
The fund supports NHS organisations to increase adoption of the 2020/21 Rapid Uptake Products (RUPs), which are:
• Lipid Management: High Intensity Statins, Ezetimibe and PCSK9 inhibitors
• Measuring fractional exhaled nitric oxide (FeNO) concentration in asthma: products NIOX VERO and NObreath
• Biologics for treating severe asthma: Reslizumab, Benralizumab, Mepolizumab and Omalizumab
The PTF can help providers overcome practical obstacles to introducing these products, such as:
• Support set-up costs such as training and accreditation of staff;
• Pathway redesign and/or business support expertise;
• Providing funding for specialist nurses and clinical staff needed to implement a new part of the procedure; and
• Covering double running costs
• Capital costs.
NHS organisations will be able to submit applications for PTF from 4 January 2021 until noon on 30 April 2021.
Applications from within Kent, Surrey and Sussex should be developed and submitted with the support of Charlotte Roberts, RUP lead at KSS AHSN.
