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The NHS Net Zero Supplier Roadmap – what is means for suppliers to the NHS

The NHS has committed to become a net zero carbon national health service for the emissions it controls by 2040, and for the emissions it influences by 2045. Suppliers to the NHS play a big role in the achievement of these targets, which is why in September 2021, NHSE released th...

September Framework Agreement News

Welcome to our September update for framework agreements. Each month, we'll be updating you on the latest news for our framework agreements.

Framework Agreement helps NHS tackle waiting list backlog

Waiting lists continue to grow at a rate that hospitals find challenging. At 7.6 million, the number of treatments and the 6.4 million people waiting for them remains stubbornly high with the latest figures from the NHS showing 41% have already waited longer than 18 weeks. Others...

What is Insourcing?

Insourcing. A phrase that is often bandied about in the same sentence as ‘the privatisation of the NHS’. It’s a service that is often misconstrued and seen negatively. But what actually is insourcing, and how can it help the NHS tackle elective recovery?

Framework agreements for absolute beginners

Put simply, a framework agreement is a list of suppliers who have already demonstrated and acceptable level of capability, experience, competence and value. They’ve done this via an open, competitive tendering process managed by an organisation known as a framework agreement ho...

Improving access to mental health crisis services across Greater Manchester

Our Procurement experts partnered with Greater Manchester Integrated Care Board to procure and contract a new mental health crisis service for 0-17 year olds across the region.

The productivity paradox – how doing less might be the secret to achieving more

If you work in the NHS, my guess is that you’ve heard a lot of the P-word recently. Not patients – productivity. It’s become a buzzword in Whitehall and Westminster, with organisations across the NHS landscape seeking to unravel the NHS’s productivity puzzle. The puzzle b...

August Framework Agreement News

Welcome to our August update for framework agreements. Each month, we'll be updating you on the latest news for our framework agreements.

A solution to support Elective Recovery

To support you to achieve the targets set out by NHSE, and improve patient pathways, we have created the Elective Recovery Combined Framework Agreement Solution, which groups four of our framework agreements that, when utilised together, provide you with access to additional reso...