Dedicated and spot purchase arrangements

We have two offerings for commissioners of health and care services (CCGs, Hospital Trusts, Community providers, Hospices and others) in London and the South East:

• Dedicated contracts
• Spot purchase arrangements

Dedicated contracts

Dedicated contracts enable commissioners, who are able to commit to an annual budget level, to receive dedicated staffing up to the budgeted amount. This includes the provision of one member of Marie Curie staff per night throughout the year.

To procure our services though a dedicated contract:

• sign a formal contract
• set the budget following discussion with Marie Curie about your local needs
• dedicated staff for your locality are recruited up to budget level and released at 3:00pm on any given day if available
• you'll be invoiced 1/12 of the yearly budget each month

 Spot purchase arrangements

Spot purchase arrangements enable commissioners, who are unable to commit to an annual budget level, to access Marie Curie Nursing Services on an as needed basis.

Referrals are funded at an agreed rate and can be made using our standard referral process via our referral centre. Commissioners are then invoiced on an activity basis each month.

To procure our services via a spot purchase arrangement:

• sign our terms and conditions
• there's no requirement for an annual budget and invoicing is done monthly
• need is met by our flexible workforce where available