Awarded

Lay Advocacy Services

Descriptions

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 experience of individuals who would benefit from support advocacy to engage with the GMC;
- support more effective and meaningful interactions with individuals who may be vulnerable or have additional communication needs;
- Support the needs of individuals who may require additional communication support as an adjustment in line with the Equality Act 2010.

Timeline

Published Date :

20th Jan 2026 3 days ago

Deadline :

10th Mar 2025 10 months ago

Contract Start :

N/A

Contract End :

N/A

Keywords

client advocacy

health promotion

social outreach

case management

social assistance

community health support

psychosocial support

non-specialist care

community care programs

social integration

patient health education

social support services

healthcare services

health consultancy

community welfare

wellness programs

public health initiatives

general wellbeing services

support services delivery

preventive health measures

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Workflows

Status :

Awarded

Procedure :

N/A

Suitable for SME :

Yes

Nationwide :

No

Assign to :

Tender Progress :

0%

Details

Notice Type :

Tender

Tender Identifier :

IT-378-246-T: 2024 - 001

Tenderbase ID :

310724019

Low Value :

£100K

High Value :

£1000K

Buyer Information

Address :

Liverpool Merseyside , Merseyside , L13 0BQ

Website :

N/A

Procurement Contact

Name :

Tina Smith

Phone :

0151 252 3243

Email :

tina.smith@shared-ed.ac.uk