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Securing Best Value for NHS Patients
Proposals for regulations to protect patients’ interests by ensuring that commissioners always deliver best value are being consulted on.
Last fetched 03 May 2026 · gov.uk
Detail
The consultation sets out proposals for requirements to:
- ensure good procurement practice by commissioners, including requirements to act transparently
- avoid discrimination and purchase services from the providers best placed to meet patients’ needs
- ensure that commissioners enable patients to exercise their rights to choose as set out in the NHS Constitution
- prohibit commissioners from taking actions that restrict competition where this is against patients’ interests
- ensure that commissioners manage conflicts of interest and that particular interests do not influence their decision-making
Documents
Securing Best Value for NHS Patients: Requirements for commissioners to adhere to good procurement practice and protect patient choiceapplication/pdfSecuring Best Value for NHS Patients Annex: Analytical narrative and call to evidence for proposed changes to commissioning regulationsapplication/pdfSecuring the Best Value for Patients: Consultation Responseapplication/pdf