Framework information
Description
Hire a range of quality candidates through a variety of engagement models. Roles include, but are not limited to:
- nursing and midwifery roles
- medical and dental roles
- allied health professionals
- health science services
- emergency services personnel
- social care staffing
- administration and secretarial roles
- finance, accounts and audit roles
- IT technicians, analysts and technical engineer specialist, digital workers
- legal secretaries, paralegals and lawyers
- environmental and scientific roles, for example: EA and senior assistant scientists, technical and clinical coders including health records secretaries
- caterers, drivers and security
- estates and maintenance roles including general labour and specialist labour such as, electricians and surveyor
Engagement models refer to the way in which you contract or hire workers and can include:
- traditional agency hires
- permanent recruitment
- fixed term positions
- independent contractors
You have the option to hire the roles you need directly from a supplier as and when you need to or you can set up a managed service. If you set up a managed service (MS) the MS provider will manage all of your workforce needs by either filling roles directly or through their supply chain.
You can also arrange for suppliers to manage projects on your behalf, and take responsibility for providing your desired outcomes through output based delivery.
Supplier resources
On 25 November 2025, suppliers were invited to a market engagement webinar. Resources from the webinar are available here:
- RM6397 Supplier webinar meeting slides
- Recording of the RM6397 supplier webinar
- RM6397 Supplier webinar question log
Customer resources
On 15 January 2025, customers were invited to a engagement webinar. Resources from the webinar are available here:
- RM6397 Customer webinar meeting slides
- Recording of the RM6397 customer webinar
- RM6397 Customer webinar question log
Benefits
- wide range of experienced suppliers including SMEs, specialist niche suppliers and managed solution options
- maximum agreed supplier rates that are fixed that will also demonstrate compliance with the NHS England agency price caps
- achieve larger savings using the built in discounts (you can access discounts for length of placement, by nominating a worker, or by hiring large volumes of workers at the same time)
- transparent rates and costs for both PAYE and limited company temporary workers, including fixed term appointments
- we carry out quality assurance audits to make sure worker pre employment checks for NHS roles follow the NHS Employers Check Standards and Skills for Health
- non NHS contracting authorities can specify what pre-employment checks they need: for example, Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS)
- award without competition is available and supported by the NHS Workforce Alliance to enable quick access to workers when needed
- access a range of tools to help you select suppliers including rate card, award support tool and region/skills matrix
- free to use: you don’t need a membership and framework fees are collected from suppliers