Katherine Calder

2 months ago | lexology.com | Katherine Calder |Sarah Foster |Rowan Scarth

OverviewThe Procurement Act 2023 (the "Act") is now in force (as of 24 February 2025). The Procurement Act 2023 (Consequential and Other Amendments) Regulations 2025 (the "PR 2025") also came into force on 24 February and amend the Act, the Procurement Regulations 2024, and The Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023 (the "Provider Selection Regime" or "PSR"), and other primary and secondary legislation in order to give effect to the new procurement regime.

2 months ago | lexology.com | Katherine Calder |Sarah Foster |Rowan Scarth

OverviewThe Procurement Act 2023 (the "Act") is now in force (as of 24 February 2025). The Act provides for accompanying regulations which set out further information and detail in relation to the provisions made under the Act. The Procurement Regulations 2024 ("PR 2024") came into force at the same time as the Act and contain significant detail around certain aspects of the new public procurement regime established by the Act. Further regulations have now been made under the Act.

Oct 22, 2024 | lexology.com | Katherine Calder |Sarah Foster |Rowan Scarth

OverviewIt has been nearly a year since the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023 ("PSR") came into force on 1 January 2024 and presented health lawyers and procurement experts with a new procurement regime to get to grips with.

Oct 20, 2023 | lexology.com | Katherine Calder |Oliver Crich |Sarah Foster |Victoria Fletcher |Emily Tracey

Over two years have passed since NHS England's first consultation on the proposed new rules for arranging healthcare services, but draft The Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023 (the "Regulations") and draft statutory guidance are now here. The Regulations are intended to come into force on 1 January 2024, giving "relevant authorities" (NHS commissioners, local authorities, combined authorities and NHS providers) just over 2 months to prepare.