The NHS Commissioning Board (NHS CB) is looking to outsource GP IT services to third-party suppliers.

Clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) will decide what services are provided by local suppliers and what services are delivered internally.

The new procurement system will come into place by April 2013 when the CCGs take control of the commissioning of services. The G-Cloud is expected to feature heavily in future procurement processes, being already employed to source e-mail providers for the NHS.