All of our frameworks have been designed to deliver real impact to the communities we serve.
Highlights
- Delivers a better quality of life and more independence to patients
- Reduces complications through regular interactions with patients, delivering improved clinical care
- Patients remain central to decision making over which products are used and are offered a reasonable choice
- Ensures items issued are cost-effective and quantities supplied are in line with a patient’s clinical needs, delivering value for money for commissioners
- Helps patients to make an unbiased and objective choice of dispensing appliance contractor (DAC) or local pharmacy
- Reduces overprescribing and overordering thus reducing waste and supporting potential cost saving efficiencies
- Improves prescribing control through consistent application of prescribing guidance and locally agreed accessory formularies
- Frees up GP time by having specialist nurses managing prescriptions to add clinical value to the prescribing process
- Ensures suitable quantities and products are prescribed, reducing primary care administration time
Procurement support, built around you
We offer a range of ways to work with us as a member, a framework user, a commissioning partner or through bespoke consultancy support:
Knowledge: Deep NHS and wider public procurement expertise supported by regional insight and national collaboration.
Support: Hands on guidance throughout the process, offering friendly, impartial advice whether you’re a member or engaging with us through another route.
Choice: A wide range of pre-qualified suppliers across multiple lots and service types.
Compliance: Fully aligned with the relevant regulations assured through robust governance.
Ease of Use: Templates, guidance and support that make procurement simple, smooth and efficient.
Value Beyond Cost: Our frameworks and services deliver more than savings they support better planning, reduced risk, operational improvement and measurable outcomes.
Multiple ways to partner: Join as a member, use our frameworks, commission standalone projects or access consultancy support.
Inclusive access: Any NHS and wider public sector organisation can use our frameworks free of charge.
Deep understanding: Strengthened by strong national partnerships.
Trusted expertise: built from supporting both members and non-member organisations across health and public sector settings.
A commitment to system wide improvement: helping organisations deliver better outcomes together.