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Regulation 5 of the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) Regulations 2014 (the Regulations) which creates a fit and proper person requirement for directors of NHS bodies (FPPR) came into force on 27 November 2014.

An article on a case in Canada where the award of a federal government contract was decided on a coin toss. Not just one coin toss but a best of three.

So what has changed in the final version? Here is a short summary of the more material points...

Many CCG's SLAs with CSUs will shortly be coming to an end and NHS England has already signalled that these should not be extended beyond April 2016.

ACAS has published their latest statistics on how Early Conciliation (EC) is working. Since May 2014 anyone wishing to make a claim against the Employment Tribunal is required to notify ACAS with the intention of allowing the parties the opportunity to resolve the dispute without the need for a claim. 

This week we are looking at e-procurement an area that could cause headaches for practitioners on the ground.