NHS Standard Contract
The NHS Standard Contract Particulars, Service Conditions and General Conditions which are applicable to contracts from 1 April 2025 are available below:
- NHS Standard Contract Particulars (full length)
- NHS Standard Contract Service Conditions (full length)
- NHS Standard Contract General Conditions (full length)
- NHS Standard Contract Particulars (shorter-form)
- NHS Standard Contract Service Conditions (shorter-form)
- NHS Standard Contract General Conditions (shorter-form)
The Service Conditions and General Conditions of the NHS Standard Contract do not need to be exchanged between parties as part of their local agreement. Rather, the Service Conditions and General Conditions will be incorporated into, and will apply automatically as part of, each local contract by reference only. The only element of the Contract exchanged between the parties locally will be the Particulars, which set out the locally agreed elements.
Previous versions of the NHS Standard Contract
Take a look at the previous versions of the Contract:
- 2024/25 NHS Standard Contract
- 2023/24 NHS Standard Contract
- 2022/23 NHS Standard Contract
- 2021/22 NHS Standard Contract
- 2020/21 NHS Standard Contract
- 2019/20 NHS Standard Contract
- 2017/19 NHS Standard Contract: updated May 2018
- 2017/19 NHS Standard Contract: updated January 2018
- 2017/19 NHS Standard Contract: November 2016
- 2016/17 NHS Standard Contract
- 2015/16 NHS Standard Contract
- 2014/15 NHS Standard Contract
- 2013/14 NHS Standard Contract
Need more help?
For help in using the NHS Standard Contract, please check the Contract technical guidance or email: england.contractshelp@nhs.net
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