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NHS: Procurement

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has for the future of NHS procurement frameworks.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
8 Nov 2024
Target answer date
12 Nov 2024
Answer
14 Nov 2024 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 8 Nov 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has for the future of NHS procurement frameworks.

  2. 12 Nov 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 14 Nov 2024

    Answer published

    As one of the interventions in the Strategic Framework for NHS Commercial and a workstream in the Commercial Efficiencies Optimisation Programme, NHS England launched an Accredited Framework Host programme in late 2023.The ambition is to drive efficiency ...

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