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Procurement, choice and competition in the NHS: documents and guidance

Guidance and information about NHS procurement, choice and competition for healthcare providers and commissioners.

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Monitor
Published:
22 May 2014
Last updated:
13 November 2015
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  1. Added resources for commissioners on making choice work well in NHS adult hearing services.

  2. Link to Improving community services project page added

  3. We've added new guidance on mergers and transactions to the collection.

  4. First published.

The rules that govern procurement, choice and competition in the NHS are set out in:

Monitor’s role is to make sure that procurement, choice and competition operate in the best interests of patients and to step in if anti-competitive behaviour by NHS commissioners or providers goes against patients’ interests.

Further information on NHS choice and competition can be found on our blog.

Contact Monitor

Find out how to contact Monitor for informal advice or to make a formal complaint.

Guidance

The following documents include rules and guidance relating to procurement, choice and competition and Monitor’s approach to enforcing them.

Formal investigations

This is a list of current and closed investigations undertaken by Monitor under the procurement, choice and competition regulations.

For formal investigations undertaken by the Co-operation and Competition Panel (from 2009 to 2013) please visit the National Archives’ website.

Projects

Information on projects carried out by Monitor.

Mergers

Advice and guidance on mergers.

For merger cases conducted by the Co-operation and Competition Panel (from 2009 to 2013) please visit the National Archives’ website.

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