BMA briefing & position statement - Framework for procuring external support for commissioners – 12 Apr ‘07

Intro - The framework for procuring external support for commissioners (FESC) is a relatively new development, first announcements of which were made in June 2006 and then again in July 2006 (originally termed as the ‘commissioning services framework’) in the Department of Health (DH) document ‘Health reform in England: update and commissioning framework’.  Essentially it will comprise of a list of private sector companies from which PCTs can buy in the necessary services in order to fulfil their commissioning function. 

At the end of the ongoing national procurement exercise currently underway and which began in 2006, it is anticipated that the details of a number of companies or ‘suppliers’ will be released at the end of May 2007.

A policy statement on the FESC from the DH (February 2006) can be found online at the following address: http://tinyurl.com/ypvl8u

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