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Primary Care Trust Procurement Guide for Health Services
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Document type:Guidance
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Author:Department of Health
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Published date:16 May 2008
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Gateway reference:9915
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Pages:24
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Copyright holder:Crown
The PCT Procurement Guide for Health Services supports NHS commissioners in deciding whether and how to procure health services through formal tendering and market-testing exercises. The Guide sets out the policy and regulatory context for procurement, and issues to consider when developing a procurement strategy. The Guide should be read in conjunction with the ‘Principles and Rules for Cooperation and Competition’, published as Annex D of the 2008/9 Operating Framework, and the ‘Framework for Managing Choice, Cooperation and Competition’
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