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Procurement,

Patient Choice

and

Competition

Rules29 April 2014

How Monitor supports the health sector

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Make sure public providers are well-led

Make sure essential services are maintained

Make sure NHS payment system

promotes quality and efficiency

Make sure choiceand competition

operate in the bestinterests of patients

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Assessment PricingCo-operation and

competitionProvider Regulation

Procurement, Patient Choice and Competition Regulations (section 75)

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Commissioners must secure the needs of

patients who use services and improve the quality and efficiency of

those services

Regulation Two sets out the objective that commissioners must pursue:

Procurement, Patient Choice and Competition Regulations (section 75)

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To act transparently and proportionately, and to treat providers equally

To procure services from provider(s) that meet

your objective and provide best value for

money

To consider ways of improving services

To maintain a record of how your contract award complies with your duty

to act effectively, efficiently and economically

Regulation Three sets out the general requirements that commissioners must comply with:

Choice, competition and integration

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How do you go about improving services?

What can you do to ensure services are

provided in an integrated way?

Do or should patients have a

choice of provider for any of these

services?

Can you achieve a better outcome by enabling providers

to compete?

Key points

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Start with the needs of patients and work towards a solution

There is no one size fits all approach to commissioning under these rules

Monitor wants to help people do the right thing and offers informal advice

Key points

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Start with the needs of patients and work towards a solution

There is no one size fits all approach to commissioning under these rules

Monitor wants to help people do the right thing and offers informal advice

Key points

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Start with the needs of patients and work towards a solution

There is no one size fits all approach to commissioning under these rules

Monitor wants to help people do the right thing and offers informal advice

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