Health care procurement

The Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023 (PSR Regs 2023), SI 2023/1348 are key part of changes introduced by the Health and Care Act 2022 to amend the National Health Service Act 2006 (NHSA 2006) to facilitate greater integration in care commissioning between all the ‘relevant authorities’ (RAs) involved in planning, purchasing, and delivering health and care services to work together to agree and address shared objectives, irrespective of who is the provider. Where an RA procures relevant health care services for the purposes of the health service in England, whether alone or as part of a mixed procurement, they must follow the provisions of PSR Regs 2023.

PSR Regs 2023 statutory guidance explains why the regime has been introduced:

‘…the PSR has been designed to introduce:
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a flexible and proportionate process for selecting providers of health care services (so that all decisions can be made with a view to securing the needs of the people who use the services, improving the quality of the services, and improving the efficiency in the provision of the services)
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the capability for greater integration and collaboration

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