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Crown Commercial Service Health temporary staff frameworks approved by Monitor

The Crown Commercial Service (CCS) is delighted to confirm that Monitor has approved the use of our 5 health temporary staffing frameworks.

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This page has been withdrawn as it is out of date. The frameworks have now expired.

For an overview of the agreements that Crown Commercial Service currently offers, visit the search agreement page on our website.

Hospital staff

Monitor and the NHS Trust Development Authority have implemented a cap on the amount of money that trusts can pay per hour for agency staff working for the NHS. Alongside the cap, new rules include a requirement that all agency staff sourcing must be made through approved framework agreements. The latest announcement confirms that CCS is able to offer a compliant route for the sourcing of NHS agency staff.

This rule will come into force from 1 April 2016.

Find out more about the rate caps and new rules

The 5 frameworks are:

To find out more about these agreements and the benefits they can provide for your NHS trust please follow the links above.

We also have a dedicated customer team available so if you need help running your further competition please call the team on 0345 410 2222 or email healthdo@crowncommercial.gov.uk

Updates to this page

Published 21 March 2016