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Insourced Services to Support the Provision of Healthcare Services

Category:Workforce and Staffing
Call-off type:Mini Competition and Direct Award
Ref:RM6276
Start date:01/11/21
End date:31/10/25
Initial period:2
Extensions remaining:2

The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated existing pressures on NHS waiting lists, with 5 million patients now waiting to start treatment. NHS trusts, CCG’s and their successors ICSs may be looking to insourcing models as a way of managing the backlog and bringing down waiting times.

Insourcing models are one way of tackling the backlog while ensuring you can retain capacity planning in house. Insourcing is a term used to describe a range of medical and clinical services which are deployed to utilise spare capacity within a trust, in addition to the trust’s existing provisions, with the intention to bolster service outputs and improve efficiency. Such services are typically provided by medical or clinical providers who can provide the specialist capabilities required to deliver an end-to-end service, including clinical governance and oversight.

NHS Workforce Alliance framework for Insourced Services to support the Provision of Healthcare Services by the NHS and other public bodies (including clinical services) is free to access and offers you a short to medium term solution to secure extra clinical capacity and ensure patients can be seen within the trust.

The agreement includes the provision of clinical services to support you with meeting waiting time targets and easing pressure by utilising the services of providers on NHS premises, allowing you to retain capacity planning.

With the option for a direct award and further competition, our insourcing framework offers you access to a broad range of services both adult and paediatric under the Light Touch Regime including:

• Cardiology diagnostics
• Diagnostic imaging
• Endoscopy
• Ear Nose and Throat (ENT)
• General Surgery
• Gynaecology
• Opthalmology
• Orthopaedics
• Physiotherapy
• Urology.

Please note the scope of the framework agreement is not limited to only being able to provide the services listed.

  • A cost-effective solution, with costs being either at or discounted from tariff
  • A compliant and competed process has been undertaken with providers able to meet the requirement
  • Ensure consistent standards concerning the delivery of these services and compliance with NHS requirements
  • Cash releasing
  • Assist trusts in achieving better Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s)
  • Ability to contract with providers to the market on bespoke terms and conditions which incorporate flow through as applicable from the NHS Standard Contract
  • Call off terms and conditions enhanced to incorporate the specific requirements when procuring a clinical service.

62 Suppliers

Alliance Health Group
18 Week Support Ltd.
Agile Workforce Services Ltd
Alimentary Solutions Ltd
B. Braun Medical Ltd
Carepartners Group Ltd
CCSInsourcing (Concept Care Solutions Ltd)
Communitas Clinics
Community Health and Eyecare Ltd
Compleo Health UK Ltd
Connect Health Ltd
Consultant Connect
Curx Health Ltd
Day Webster Ltd
Dr A Deshpande (North and South Essex Local Medical Committees Ltd)
Eden UK Clinical Services Ltd
Elective Services Ltd
Endocare Diagnostics
ES Healthcare Solutions Ltd
Evolutio Care Innovations Ltd
Frontline Health Professionals Ltd
Gastro Teams seven 7 Ltd
Globe Locums Ltd
Gutcare.org Ltd t/a Gut and Surgical Care Services
Healthcare Business Solutions UK Ltd (HBSUK)
HealthHarmonie Ltd
Healthshare Ltd
ICS Operations Ltd t/a Xyla Elective Care or Xyla Diagnostics
ID Medical Group LTD t/a ID Medical Clinical Services
IMC Locums Ltd t/a IMC Healthcare Services
Independent Vascular Services Ltd
Interact Medical Ltd
Intersource Medical Services
Key Performance International Recruitment Ltd t/a KPI Health
Managed Healthcare Services Ltd
Medacs Healthcare PLC
Medicare Insourcing Services Ltd
Medinet Clincial Services t/a Medinet
Mediservices Healthcare Ltd
Modality LLP
National Locums Ltd
North Staffordshire GP Federation
Omnes Healthcare
Optimum Pain Management Ltd
Outpatient Network
Partnering Health Ltd
Pertemps Medical Ltd t/a Pertemps Clinical Insourcing
Pioneer Healthcare Ltd
Physiological Measurements Ltd
Remedy Healthcare Solutions
Sanus Cor Ltd.
Scan Assure Medical Ultrasound Ltd
SET Healthcare Ltd
Sugarman Health & Well Being Ltd
Synergy Healthcare Partnerships Ltd
TAC Healthcare Group
The Endoscopy Group
The Placement Group t/a The Placement Group, JustNurses
The Surgical Consortium
Totally Healthcare Ltd
Yorkshire Endoscopy Services Ltd
Your World Recruitment Ltd t/a Your Medical Services

Workforce Alliance: This is an Workforce Alliance framework agreement delivered by NHS North of England Commercial Procurement Collaborative (NOE CPC) and available to our member organisations via NHS Commercial Solutions. This agreement is available to non-NHSCS member organisations via NOE CPC.

Please click on the links below to access detailed information about this framework. Members can access the full set of framework documents by logging in.
If you are not a member, and would like to know more, please complete the 'Interested in using this Framework' form at the bottom of the page and we will contact you as soon as we can.

User Guide (members only)
Specification (members only)
Supplier Discount from Tariff (members only)
Call Off Terms & Conditions (members only)
Data Protection Protocol (members only)
FAQ'S (members only)
Supplier Matrix (members only)
Commerical Schedule - Minimum Supplier Discount (members only)
Access Agreement (members only)
Framework Order Form Template (members only)
Suppliers Minimum Discount Offering (members only)
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