Question follow-through · 6599

NHS: Contracts

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what mechanisms are available to remove an underperforming commissioned service provider before the expiry of a contract.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body: Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled: 3 Jun 2026
Target answer date: 8 Jun 2026
Answer: 15 Jun 2026 · 12 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

3 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what mechanisms are available to remove an underperforming commissioned service provider before the expiry of a contract.
8 Jun 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
15 Jun 2026
Answer published
The NHS Standard Contract allows a commissioner to terminate a contract either by issuing notice in accordance with the contract notice period, or in a number of other circumstances which include where a provider:is in persistent or repetitive breach of t...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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