This is the draft version of the NHS Standard Contract 2016/17 General Conditions (shorter-form), published as part of NHS England’s statutory consultation in February 2016. This document must not be executed as a contract.

This is the draft version of the NHS Standard Contract 2016/17 Service Conditions (shorter-form), published as part of NHS England’s statutory consultation in February 2016. This document must not be executed as a contract.

This is the draft version of the NHS Standard Contract 2016/17 Particulars (shorter-form), published as part of NHS England’s statutory consultation in February 2016. This document must not be executed as a contract.

For use from April 2016, for the first time NHS England intends to publish a shorter-form version of the NHS Standard Contract for use in defined circumstances. This will complement the full-length version of the Contract, which will continue to be used in respect of the bulk of services by value. This paper describes the basis on which we have developed the draft shorter-form Contract.

This is the draft version of the NHS Standard Contract 2016/17 SGeneral Conditions (full length), published as part of NHS England’s statutory consultation in February 2016. This document must not be executed as a contract.

This is the draft version of the NHS Standard Contract 2016/17 Service Conditions (full length), published as part of NHS England’s statutory consultation in February 2016. This document must not be executed as a contract.

This is the draft version of the NHS Standard Contract 2016/17 Particulars (full length), published as part of NHS England’s statutory consultation in February 2016. This document must not be executed as a contract.

This paper summarises the changes we intend to make to the NHS Standard Contract for 2016/17.

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