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The Department of Health has issued guidance for local authority based Directors of Public Health and NHS commissioners aimed at ensuring that specialist public health advice in NHS commissioning is not lost when the new healthcare system goes live in April 2013.
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Almost half of hospitals and care homes subjected to unannounced inspections are not meeting government standards for learning disability services, a review conducted by the Care Quality Commission has found.
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There should be a temporary exclusion for new public sector mutuals from EU procurement regulations, a report from a Government taskforce has recommended.
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National law firm Weightmans has won a tender to provide legal advice to Liverpool City Council on the local authority’s response to the requirements of the Health and Social Care Act 2012.
Read more: Weightmans nets advisory role to Liverpool City Council on public health