Paragraph 20

The following locum agencies—

(a)

limited companies with shares owned wholly by the Secretary of State for Health, which are concerned with the contracting of locum doctors^f1; and

(b)

locum agencies in England and Wales which are participants in the NHS Purchasing and Supply Agency’s national framework agreement for the supply of medical locums^f2.

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Footnotes

f1: Currently the sole member of this class is NHS Professionals Ltd, company number 06704614; see also www.nhsprofessionals.nhs.uk.
f2: Contract reference number CM/AMN/07/4820: period of contract 1 July 2008 to 30 June 2011; responsibility for this agreement transferred from the NHS Purchasing and Supply Agency to Buying Solutions, an executive agency of the Office of Government Commerce, in October 2009. The agreement can be viewed at the following website:http://www.buyingsolutions.gov.uk/healthcms/Productsandservices/Agencystaffandoutsourcedservices/temporarystaff/Medicallocums/.