Approving local modifications to national prices for NHS-funded services

Monitor welcomes comments on this report. In particular, your views are needed on:

• the criteria for a good framework, which are set out in the introduction to the report
• whether local modifications should be arrived at by negotiation and agreement between NHS commissioners and providers
• using the ‘whole provider’ analysis during a transition period
• the proposed components of the ‘long-term toolkit’
• whether Monitor should rely on a complaints system, rather than monitoring providers’ compliance with the conditions of a local modification
• the practicality of implementing the different parts of the framework