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NHS Standard ContractThe NHS first appointed Echotech as a service provider in March 2001, and since then the company has provided its unique diagnostic resources to Primary Care Trusts, Hospital Trusts and Practice Based Commissioning Groups. In this time, a strong level of mutual understanding has developed between the two organisations and Echotech has grown to become the UK’s leading provider of Community Echo. Echotech NHS Standard Contract for Community Echocardiography "From April 2009, most agreements between commissioners and providers should use the new standard NHS contracts" Echotech welcome the Departments of Health’s decision to introduce the new Standard NHS Contract for Community Services. Standardising such contracts in a comprehensive framework will yield advantages to all parties. Echotech are able to ease and facilitate the process of contractual agreement by: 1. Walking through the Contract framework with the commissioning organisation. 2. Working closely with the commissioning organisation to define the three key elements of the standard NHS contract: mandatory, required and locally defined. 3. Working alongside the commissioning organisation to agree and define Service Targets which are integrated into the Standard Contract. The Echotech team are very familiar with the structure and content of the Standard Contract and are well positioned to ensure that the agreed service targets are appropriate and achievable, and that the contract reflects DH policy. |
