The NHS Standard Contract for Community Services is an agreement made by the Commissioner with the Health Care Provider to secure the provision of general community-based and out of hospital care SERVICES by the Health Care Provider.
It is normally used if one of the following criteria applies:
- Where a Primary Care Trust providers deliver general community based and out of hospital care.
- Where Commissioners contract with General Medical Practitioner Practices who wish to provide community or secondary care-type SERVICES where the SERVICE is provided to a population greater than that of their practice population.
- Where the SERVICE has been procured through open tendering and is delivered by either a commercial vehicle such as a limited company, a third sector organisation or an NHS ORGANISATION.
Where a commissioner contracts with a Health Care Provider for a significant range of acute, mental health or Ambulance SERVICES, as well as a significant range of general community SERVICES then it will be appropriate to agree more than one contract with this provider.
For further information see the:
This supporting information is also known by these names:
| Context | Alias |
|---|---|
| plural | NHS Standard Contracts for Community Services |