In today's world, it is almost impossible to escape compliance and regulations, no matter your industry, company size or geographical location. Many organisations are required to comply with multiple regulations, greatly expanding the scope of their regulatory efforts.

Combined with a desire to get better control of their working practices and to be more competitive, many organisations adopt the appropriate best-practices frameworks, such as the NHS National Framework Agreements or Code of Practices, to more efficiently achieve all of these aims.

Within the area covered by Medicare Network there are two framework agreements under the authority of the NHS Purchasing and Supply Agency that cover recruitment of international professionals through agencies. Agencies that are on these framework agreements are audited on a regular basis. The audit serves as a powerful endorsement that the framework agreement agencies are demonstrably working to high quality standards.

The framework agreement contains many quality standards and operating policies and procedures the agencies have to comply with.

Amongst other things the framework agreement: