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How the forthcoming Health Services (Provider Selection Regime) (Wales) Regulations will apply to the arrangement of health services under the Provider Selection Regime Wales.

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First published:
13 August 2024
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Update

The draft Health Services (Provider Selection Regime) (Wales) Regulations 2024 laid before the Senedd on 13 August were withdrawn on 19 September 2024.

An updated draft of the regulations has now been laid before the Senedd.

Subject to the Senedd's agreement, the draft Health Services (Provider Selection Regime) (Wales) Regulations 2025 will come into force on 24 February 2025.

Further details are included in the written statement. Also there is an integrated impact assessment of the Health Services (Provider Selection Regime) (Wales) Regulations 2025.

The updated draft regulations can be viewed on the Senedd’s website and include the following new provisions:

  • a requirement for relevant authorities to publish a notice of intention to award a contract, and observe an 8 working day standstill period, under direct award process 1 (regulation 8)
  • a requirement for relevant authorities to publish a notice when contracts are awarded under a single provider framework agreement (regulation 19)
  • a requirement for relevant authorities to observe an 8 working day standstill period for contracts awarded under a concluded framework agreement with a competition (regulation 20) and without a competition (regulation 21)
  • an ability to exempt relevant authorities from publishing sensitive commercial information in certain circumstances (regulation 23)

The existing statutory guidance and draft training materials to accompany the regulations is currently being updated to reflect the changes. When viewing these documents stakeholders should also refer to the updated draft regulations on the Senedd’s website.

Updated versions of the statutory guidance and training materials will be available shortly.

The forthcoming Health Services (Provider Selection Regime) (Wales) Regulations will be subject to Senedd agreement.

We have published the draft guidance to assist public bodies to prepare for the proposed Provider Selection Regime Wales. The guidance is subject to the regulations becoming law in due course.

We will periodically review and update the guidance and following approval of the regulations by the Senedd.

Training

We’ve developed training with NHS Wales to support the implementation of the coming Provider Selection Regime Wales.

The training is free and available to access at Learning@Wales once you've registered.

The training is in draft format and will be reviewed following approval of the regulations by the Senedd.