Local Healthwatch Service and Independent Complaints Advocacy (NHS Services)

This tender is being published under the Light Touch Regime of the Public Contract Regulations 2015.\r \r The Social Care and Health Act 2012 makes provision for a consumer champion for health and social care called Healthwatch. The Local Healthwatch is funded through the Department of Health Community Voices grant which is channelled through each Local Authority.\r \r The Act also makes provision for local authorities to make arrangements for the delivery of an Independent Complaints Advocacy Service (ICAS) in rel...