Contractors
Recommendations related to contractors
3
Recommendations
67% accepted
Government Response
Accepted (2)Under Review (1)
Recommendations in This Theme
recommendation across 1 inquiry
Across 1 inquiry
Tagged Recommendations
3 total
P1-1
Accepted
Fuller Inquiry
Non-mortuary staff accompanied in mortuary
Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust must ensure that non-mortuary staff and contractors, including maintenance staff employed by the Trust's external facilities management provider, are always accompanied by another staff …
- MTW Trust stated in February 2024 that it had implemented accompaniment requirements for non-mortuary staff and contractors visiting the mortuary (MTW Trust Assurance Statement, …
Maidstone and Tunbridge …
P1-3
Accepted
Fuller Inquiry
Criminal record checks compliance
Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust must assure itself that it is compliant with its own current policy on criminal record checks and re-checks for staff. The Trust should ensure …
- MTW Trust stated in February 2024 that it had implemented enhanced criminal record checks for mortuary staff, including DBS checks at the appropriate level …
Maidstone and Tunbridge …
P2-59
Under Consideration
Fuller Inquiry
Local authority contractor governance assurance
Local authorities must ensure that the providers they contract or enter into agreements with have robust governance processes in place to oversee the services they provide. This should include Standard …
- The government stated in December 2025 that this recommendation on due diligence requirements for local authority mortuary contractors was under consideration. Full government response …
Ministry of Housing, Com…