Open competition
Open procedure: the contract was advertised and any supplier could submit a bid.
Key facts
- Buyer
- General Medical Council (GMC) · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Pohwer
- Value
- £130,000
- Procedure
- Open procedure
- Sector
- Health & social care · Miscellaneous health services (CPV 85140000)
- Region
- North West
- Official notice
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- Timeline
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- Contract date2 Apr 2025
- Published20 Jan 2026Published 293 days after the contract date
Description
The Fitness to Practise Directorate is responsible for considering complaints about doctors Physician Associates (PAs) and Anaesthesia Associations (AAs). Anyone can bring a complaint directly to the GMC, including organisations, registrants, patients and their families.(For the purposes of this document a user of the lay advocacy service will be referred to as an individual.) Although we encourage these complaints to be put in writing, there are times when that is not possible or they experience difficulties putting their complaint in writing. Where this is the case, we require an independent lay advocacy service to assist in taking the complaints verbally. The lay advocacy service will also assist and engage with individuals throughout the investigation process where required. The aims of the service are to: - support individuals with a range of communication needs who may experience difficulties accessing and participating in our fitness to practise processes; - improve the experie…
About the supplier
Pohwer: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 03323040).