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Cabinet Office have published guidance on the use of management consultants Cabinet Office controls guidance: version 4.0 <\/em>which government departments and their arms length bodies are required to follow. A copy of the guidance is attached.<\/p> <\/strong><\/p> National Health Service providers follow a similar consultancy spending approvals process as defined by Monitor and the Trust Development Authority (TDA). Monitor has published the following guidance for foundation trusts Consultancy spending approval process: Initial guidance to NHS foundation trusts<\/em>, with TDA publishing similar for NHS trusts Consultancy spending controls: Initial Guidance to NHS Trusts<\/em>. Copies of the guidance are attached. At this time, these do not include any directive to set caps on rates paid to management consultancies.<\/p>"}
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