2025/26 NHS Standard Contract

The NHS Standard Contract is mandated by NHS England for use by commissioners for all contracts for healthcare services other than primary care.  Following the consultation on the 2025/26 NHS Payment Scheme, we are now consulting on further changes to the 2025/26 Contract.

The final version of the Contract Particulars and interim versions of the Service Conditions and General Conditions are published on the Contract landing page.

A summary of the changes we have made as a response to the first consultation on the Contract can be found in section 3 of the Contract technical guidance and in the Response to the consultation feedback document

If you have a query on the NHS Standard Contracts, please check the Contract Technical Guidance or email england.contractshelp@nhs.net

If you would like to be added to our stakeholder list to receive updates on the NHS Standard Contract, please email your contact details to england.contractsengagement@nhs.net.

To view the slides and recordings from our webinars, please go to the NHS Standard Contract – FutureNHS Collaboration Platform (please register for a FutureNHS account).

2025/26 NHS Standard Contract technical guidance (interim version)

Model collaborative commissioning agreements

Varying the 2025/26 Contract

2025/26 NHS sub-contracts

Other Schedules to the full-length and shorter-form Contract

Other publications

Consultation on the 2025/26 NHS Standard Contract (now closed)

The consultation documents are available on the consultation web page.

Further consultation on the 2025/26 NHS Standard Contract (now closed)

The consultation documents are available on the further consultation web page.