2017-19 NHS Standard Contract: updated January 2018
The NHS Standard Contract is mandated by NHS England for use by commissioners for all contracts for healthcare services other than primary care.
Where commissioners are placing new contracts with providers, they must now use these updated versions of the relevant Contract with immediate effect.
A summary of the changes we have made to the Contracts can be found in section 3 of the NHS Standard Contract Technical Guidance. Details of the changes can be found in the comparison documents below.
The full –length NHS Standard Contract 2017/18-2018/19 (January 2018 edition) comprises three parts: Full Guidance here