The NHS is known for its exceptional standard of free healthcare; it is always been under immense pressure to provide a quicker and more efficient service. Year 2020 has been the year where the world came face-to-face with a new and unknown threat in Covid 19 and the NHS had to stop all elective services to prioritize emergency care- it means an increase

Is already rising patient waiting lists.

Insourcing is where a third-party provider of secondary care uses an NHS organization’s premises and equipment to deliver extra clinical capacity, outside of when they are normally in use. In most cases it is essentially an extension of a hospital’s existing clinical services.

Insourcing has become a referred option for the NHS Trusts because it offers a flexible, upscaling solution for patient waiting lists during periods of increased demand. Arranged on a short to medium term basis, it removes the need for a lengthy procurement exercise for fixed term outsourcing arrangements.

Under an insourcing arrangement, NHS organisations contract with suppliers to carry out medical services/procedures using the trust’s facilities and equipment. Insourcing is increasingly popular in secondary care as a way of reducing waiting backlogs and enhancing patient experience, whilst maintaining clinical governance and control. Traditionally, by choosing to insource you’ll keep the cost low as you’ll already have all of the facilities, technology and equipment available for external healthcare professionals to use.

Choosing a specialist partner is vital, you have to consider their industry profile, their level of experience, their time to mobilise and patient satisfaction feedback.