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Contractors

Recommendations related to contractors

3 recommendations 67% accepted

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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…