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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-health-care-services-provider-selection-regime-regulations-2023/regulation-4",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2023/9780348252613",
  "legislation_title": "The Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-health-care-services-provider-selection-regime-regulations-2023",
  "path": "regulation/4",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Procurement principles",
  "text": "(1) When procuring relevant health care services, a relevant authority must act—\n(a) with a view to—\n(i) securing the needs of the people who use the services,\n(ii) improving the quality of the services, and\n(iii) improving efficiency in the provision of the services;\n(b) transparently, fairly and proportionately.\n(2) When acting with a view to the matters in paragraph (1)(a), the relevant authority may consider the value of providing services in an integrated way, including with other health care services, health-related services or social care services.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2023/9780348252613/regulation/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T14:42:36.046176+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}