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CapitaAnnouncement

22/06/2015 08:50

22 June 2015

Capita selected by NHS England to become sole provider for primary care support
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Capita plc ('Capita') announces today that it has been selected by NHS England
as preferred bidder to establish a single provider framework for administrative
support functions for primary care across the UK, including an initial contract
to manage and deliver services in England. The four year sole provider
framework has a maximum total value of £1bn. Under the framework, the initial 7
to 10 year contract for Capita to deliver administrative support services for
primary care in England is anticipated to be valued at up to circa £400m,
whilst achieving significant savings for NHS England.

Capita will introduce a common set of services, processes and standards to
improve the quality, reliability and sustainability of administration support
services. Accessible services and better ways of working will contribute
significant savings in keeping with NHS England's commitment to reduce
administration costs and protect investment in frontline care.

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For further information:
Capita plc

Tel: 020 7654 2219
Shona Nichols, Corporate Communications Director
Andrew Ripper, Head of Investor Relations

Media enquiries only:
Capita press office
David Hendy
Tel: 020 7654 2137
Email: David.Hendy@Capita.co.uk
Twitter:  @CapitaPress

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The framework: The services that can be procured through the framework, and
which Capita will deliver in England, encompass a range of core administrative
functions for GPs, opticians, pharmacists and dentists. They include services
such as payments administration, management of movement of medical records and
eligibility lists for practitioners. There is also scope under the framework to
develop and deliver other support service activities that will add value to
primary care professionals. Primary care contractors and healthcare
commissioners across the UK (England, Northern Ireland, Wales, Scotland, Isle
of Man, Guernsey and Jersey) can take advantage of the new framework. In
England the management of primary care support services transferred to NHS
England in 2013 and are currently delivered by a mixture of public and private
sector employees

Capita in health: Capita has more than 25 years' experience of working with the
NHS and healthcare organisations, including 95% of NHS trusts. Some 3,000
employees currently support our significant activities across the healthcare
sector, providing a range of professional support services to help NHS and
healthcare organisations deliver safe and effective healthcare for the public.
Most recently, Capita has been approved by NHS England to join the Lead
Provider Framework for Commissioning Support Services and has also been
selected as preferred bidder to form a strategic partnership to deliver
corporate services for Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust (CLCH).

About Capita: Capita plc (Capita) is the UK's leading provider of customer
management, administration and integrated professional support service
solutions, helping public and private sector organisations to thrive. With
68,000 people at over 400 main sites, primarily in the UK, Capita uses its
expertise, infrastructure and scale benefits to transform its clients'
services, driving down costs and adding value.  All of our solutions are shaped
by industry insight and a strong people and values focused approach to
designing services. Around 70 per cent of our people have transferred to Capita
with contracts and acquisitions and we have extensive experience of delivering
large, complex public services.



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