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registered interest false more like this
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Department of Health more like this
answering dept id 17 more like this
answering dept short name Health more like this
answering dept sort name Health more like this
hansard heading NHS: Management Consultants more like this
house id 2 more like this
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pref label House of Lords more like this
question text To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether NHS Improvement, in commissioning management consultancies to work with turnaround trusts, will exclude those consultancies which were engaged in any failed initiatives from the previous round of consultancy-driven financial recovery initiatives. more like this
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Lord Hunt of Kings Heath remove filter
uin HL5978 remove filter
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2016-02-22more like thismore than 2016-02-22
answer text <p>The guidance for use of management consultancies is set out as part of the spending approvals process. Monitor has published the following guidance for foundation trusts “Consultancy spending approval process: Initial guidance to NHS foundation trusts” with the Trust Development Authority (TDA) publishing similar for NHS trusts “Consultancy spending controls: Initial Guidance to NHS Trusts”. Copies of the guidance are attached.</p><p>The guidance is clear that expenditure on management consultancy must demonstrate that the skills and expertise of advisors cannot be delivered through use of existing resources. It is also a requirement that value for money must be demonstrated. This approach is the same for NHS providers, NHS Improvement or any NHS organisation. Therefore we are content NHS Improvement’s approach to managing turnaround programmes is consistent with this requirement.</p><p> </p><p>NHS Improvement ensures that lessons learned from all financial turnaround programmes are taken into account when considering how to handle any financially challenged providers requiring turnaround actions in the future. This includes the use of the best available, most appropriate consultancies with the right blend of skills and experience required to deliver the turnaround programme.</p><p> </p>
answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton more like this
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file name Monitor consultancy guidance.pdf more like this
title Monitor guidance more like this
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file name TDA consultancy guidance.pdf more like this
title TDA guidance more like this
grouped question UIN HL5976 more like this
question first answered
less than 2016-02-22T17:07:36.263Zmore like thismore than 2016-02-22T17:07:36.263Z
answering member
127
label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton more like this
tabling member
2024
label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath more like this