Crunch time for suppliers: new UK telecare and telehealth 'Framework' procurement agreement in process

This is crucial for any suppliers (including consultancies) that wish to be in the UK market and there is an end-of-month deadline. It’s also very interesting for the rest of us.

NHS PASA is dead, long live Buying Solutions! Or not, depending on your point of view. What’s happening? This new arm of the UK Government is breathing life into the legacy of the NHS PASA National Telecare Framework Agreement (NFA) that came into effect in June 2006. To recap, the intention of the NFA was a) to speed up telecare procurement for NHS organisations and local councils and b) to save money for them by negotiating savings on prices. Again, depending on your experience, it was either…