NHS: Management Consultants

(asked on 22nd January 2015) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance he has issued to hospitals on their use of management consultants.


Answered by
Dan Poulter Portrait
Dan Poulter
This question was answered on 27th January 2015

The Department has not issued guidance to trusts on their use of management consultants.

We expect National Health Service organisations to keep a firm grip on their workforce planning and management and keep any use of management consultants, for example supporting short-term strategic reviews or providing interim management solutions, to a minimum. NHS organisations must also follow HM Treasury guidance on the engagement of staff off-payroll, including the requirement to put the most senior staff engaged for more than six months on their permanent staff payroll.

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