Confidential Staff Liaison and Freedom To Speak Up Services

Concepts

• staff development
• freedom to speak up services
• inverness
• nhs highland
• confidential staff liaison
• nhs staff
• guardian service
• provision of confidential staff liaison
• only established provider of this service
• freedom

Location

Highlands and Islands: NHS Highland Area

Description

NHS Highland requires the provision of Confidential Staff Liaison and Freedom to Speak up Services for NHS staff.

Total Quantity or Scope

NHS Highland have been providing a Guardian / Speak up service since 2020, as recommended in the Sturrock review, this is to provide an independent channel for colleague concerns to be raised where other channels have not worked or cannot be used. This service was aligned to include the National Whistleblowing standards in NHS Highland also in 2020. The market was reviewed and the only established provider of this service that we have identified with appropriate and relevant NHS specific experience is The Guardian Service. The Guardian Service has been working with NHS Highland for the past three years and NHS Highland would like to continue to provide this service to its employees for a further 12 months with the option to extend for up to another 12 months.

Award Detail

CPV Codes

• 79633000 - Staff development services

Legal Justification

This procurement is unique in that the provider is offering a technical solution, based on it's specific positioning and experience, the likes of which is not available elsewhere in exactly the form that we desire to employ.

Other Information

** PREVIEW NOTICE, please check Find a Tender for full details. ** (SC Ref:735078)