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NHS commissioners: documents and guidance

Guidance and information for NHS commissioners, who buy healthcare services on behalf of patients.

• From: Monitor
• Published: 22 May 2014
• Last updated: 13 November 2015 — See all updates

Events and webinars

Find out more about Monitor’s upcoming events and webinars for commissioners.

Procurement, choice and competition

As an NHS commissioner, you procure high-quality, efficient healthcare services that meet the needs of patients and protect patient choice.

You can find out more in this collection of publications on procurement, choice and competition.

• Procurement, patient choice and competition regulations: guidance
  • 19 December 2013
  • Statutory guidance
• Regulations on procurement, patient choice and competition
  • 13 February 2013
  • Guidance
• NHS procurement, choice and competition: ask a question or make a complaint
  • 2 May 2014
  • Guidance
• NHS healthcare providers: working with choice and competition
  • 12 September 2014
  • Guidance
• Choice and competition: hypothetical scenarios for NHS healthcare providers
  • 12 September 2014
  • Guidance
• Making choice work well in NHS adult hearing services: resources for commissioners
  • 10 November 2015
  • Guidance
• Improving GP services: commissioners and patient choice
  • 1 June 2015
  • Research and analysis
• NHS adult hearing services in England: exploring how choice is working for patients
  • 28 May 2015
  • Research and analysis
• Improving community services
  • 22 January 2015
  • Research and analysis
• NHS walk-in centre services in England: review
  • 19 February 2014
  • Research and analysis
• General practice services: research project
  • 3 December 2014
  • Consultation outcome
• A fair playing field for the benefit of NHS patients
  • 26 March 2013
  • Research and analysis

The NHS payment system

Monitor and NHS England invite you to take part in shaping the development of the NHS payment system. You can find out more in this collection of publications on the payment system.

• NHS National Tariff Payment System 2016/17: a consultation document
  • 31 March 2016
  • Consultation outcome
• Approved costing guidance
  • 1 August 2016
  • Statutory guidance
• 2016/17 national tariff proposals: currency design and relative prices
  • 14 August 2015
  • Policy paper
• 2016/17 national tariff proposals: annexes
  • 18 August 2015
  • Guidance
• Engagement on 2016/17 national tariff proposals
  • 19 November 2015
  • Guidance
• Tariff arrangements for your 2015/16 NHS activity
  • 16 April 2015
  • Correspondence
• National tariff payment system 2015/16: a consultation notice
  • 23 June 2016
  • Consultation outcome
• National tariff payment system 2014/15
  • 17 December 2013
  • Statutory guidance
• NHS providers and commissioners: submit locally determined prices to Monitor
  • 1 April 2019
  • Guidance
• The NHS payment system: Monitor and NHS England's plans for 2015/16
  • 28 February 2014
  • Policy paper

Integrated care

As a commissioner, you work with local providers to develop and fund better and more integrated patterns of care.

• Integrated care licence condition: guidance for providers of NHS-funded services
  • 27 March 2015
  • Statutory guidance
• Integrated care: ask a question or make a complaint
  • 27 March 2015
  • Guidance
• Estimating NHS and social care spend: a tool for commissioners
  • 8 September 2014
  • Guidance
• Delivering better integrated care
  • 11 March 2015
  • Guidance
• Integrated care: how to comply with Monitor’s requirements
  • 27 March 2015
  • Guidance
• Exploring international acute care models
  • 11 March 2015
  • Research and analysis

About Monitor

• About Monitor: an introduction to our role
  • 3 July 2014
  • Promotional material
• Monitor's strategy for 2014 to 2017
  • 10 April 2014
  • Corporate report
• Monitor’s annual plan for 2014/15
  • 20 June 2014
  • Corporate report
• Closing the NHS funding gap: how to get better value healthcare for patients
  • 10 October 2013
  • Research and analysis

Published 22 May 2014
Last updated 13 November 2015 + show all updates

1. 13 November 2015

   Added resources for commissioners on making choice work well in NHS adult hearing services.

2. 10 March 2015

   Added an update on the tariff arrangements for 2015/16.

3. 8 September 2014

   'Estimating NHS and social care spend: a tool for commissioners' has been added to the collection

4. 14 August 2014

   Added the publication: 'Integrated care: how to comply with Monitor’s requirements'

5. 18 July 2014

   Added the NHS National Tariff Payment System 2015/16: engagement documents

6. 22 May 2014

   First published.