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...

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...

Unique contract to help upskill the NHS workforce

NHS Shared Business Services (NHS SBS), has launched a unique Digital Health Advisory Services framework agreement, the only one of its kind in the UK, designed to help the NHS augment the digital, data and technology (DDaT) skills and capabilities of its workforce.

Procurement Framework for Consultancy and Advisory Services for Health, launched

Leading corporate services provider, NHS Shared Business Services (NHS SBS) has launched a new Consultancy and Advisory Services for Health framework agreement. It gives the NHS and public sector a compliant route to market for the provision and procurement of consultancy and adv...

One stop procurement shop opens as online portal goes live

Leading corporate services provider, NHS Shared Business Services (NHS SBS), has officially unveiled a new online portal to make it quicker and easier to access its portfolio of framework agreements when contracting authorities want to buy goods or services.