Healthcare and Forensic Services in Custody Supplier Workshops Announced
Tuesday, March 1, 2022
BlueLight Commercial is excited to announce that ‘phase 2’ of the Healthcare and Forensic Services in Police Custody strategy is being launched.
After the success of Phase 1, which included the development and implementation of a standardised specification, tendering, social value and contract management toolkits, Phase 2 now looks to build on this and further enhance and shape the future of healthcare services in custody, including the future contracting strategy.
BlueLight Commercial will be hosting a series of workshops for potential suppliers in March and April, the following dates are now confirmed:
Workshops
Region |
City |
Venue |
Date |
Register By |
North West |
Manchester |
Holiday Inn, 25, Aytoun Street, Manchester, M1 3AE |
21 March |
18 March |
Yorkshire and the Humber |
Leeds |
Double Tree by Hilton, Granary Wharf, Leeds, LS1 4BR |
23 March |
18 March |
West Midlands |
Birmingham |
Jurys Inn Hotel, 245 Broad Street, Birmingham, B1 2HQ |
31 March |
25 March |
Timings
9.30/13.30 |
Tea / Coffee |
10.00/14.00 |
Workshop 1: Shaping Healthcare services in Custody Understand more about the healthcare service, discuss issues, lessons learned, risks, ideas, innovation, the procurement process, contract management – anything you feel is important to help drive continuous improvement within healthcare services for custodial environments. |
11.00/15.00 |
Break |
11.15/15.15 |
Workshop 2: The Procurement Process Understand more about the public sector procurement process, tender documentation that will need to be completed, what to expect from the process and timescales. |
12.15/16.15 |
Close |
Colleagues from Police Forces, NHS England and the Forensic Capability Network will be in attendance at these workshops (although some attendance may be via MS Teams).
To register for one of these events please send an email to: healthcareincustody@bluelight.police.uk
Please include the following details in your email:
- Name of Venue being attended
- Organisation name
- Number of people attending
- Names of those attending
- Which workshops you will be attending – 1, 2 or both
We look forward to seeing you at one of the events.
Image Supplied by: Willmott Dixon and Exeter Police/PCC