NHS Standard Contract 2025/26: documents for a further consultation (now closed)

We have now published a further consultation on the 2025/56 NHS Standard Contract.

We have already published the Contract Particulars in final form.

The draft 2025/26 NHS Standard Contract Service Conditions and General Conditions (both full length and shorter-form versions) are published below. The consultation paper describes the main, material changes we are proposing in the Contracts, and we would welcome comments from stakeholders on our proposals.

Comments on the draft Contract should be submitted by 28 April 2025 (now closed) via the NHS England consultation hub. We have provided below a Word version of the consultation questions for stakeholders to use when collating responses from within their organisation, but please note that responses can only be submitted via the consultation hub.

Full length – consultation version

Shorter form – consultation version

Consultation response collation document