Procurement and competition rules: Can the NHS be exempted?

"There is a growing sense within the NHS that the current procurement and competition rules present a major barrier to the new models set out in the NHS five year forward view."

Procurement and competition rules: Can the NHS be exempted?
B Collins
The King's Fund
March 2015

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Open consultation: changes to Mental Health Act (1983) Code of Practice

"This consultation sets out the proposed changes to the Mental Health Act 1983: Code of Practice (‘the Code’), which was last revised in 2008. The Code is a document which provides guidance to mental health professionals and others in respect of the Act, to help them safeguard patient’s rights and ensure that they work within the law. It is also provides people that are detained or treated under the Act, with information about their rights and expectations." 

Open consultation: changes to Mental Health Act (1983) Code of Practice
Mental Health Act Code of Practice Review, Local Government and Care Partnership Directorate
Department of Health
July 2014

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