Publications
The policy documents below set out the basis of the Department of Health's approach towards managing co-operation, competition and competition-related activity in the NHS.
The Principles and Rules for Co-operation and Competition
The Principles and Rules, issued by the Department of Health, provide guidance for system managers, commissioners and providers on the expected behaviours and rules governing cooperation and competition, in the provision of NHS. The existing Principles and Rules apply until 1 October 2010, after this time the revised Principles and Rules apply.
Principles and Rules for Co-operation and Competition [1.3 MB]
Primary Care Trust Procurement Guide for Health Services
The procurement guide, issued by the Department of Health, supports NHS commissioners in deciding whether and how to procure health services through formal tendering and market testing.
Primary Care Trust Procurement Guide for Health Services [343 KB]
Code of Practice for the Promotion of NHS-funded services
The Code of Practice deals with issues around the promotion of NHS-funded services that fall outside the remit of other advertising codes.
Code of Practice for the Promotion of NHS-funded services [295 KB]
CCP guidance documents
The guidance documents set out our approach to our procedure and the four different types of cases that we will consider.
Fast-track guidance for certain mergers[416kb]
Draft interim merger case guidelines[258kb]
Draft interim conduct case guidelines[252kb]
Draft interim procurement dispute appeal guidelines[146kb]
Draft interim advertising and misleading information dispute guidelines[142kb]
Please note that the CCP is currently consulting on the final guidelines, which can be found on Consultations. The final guidelines will be published in October 2010
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