Stephanie Townley

Addleshaw Goddard

Stephanie is an experienced senior member of the IPE team at Addleshaws. She specialises in complex public private procurements, advising both the public and private sector, in relation to health care, social housing, street lighting, schools and outsourcing. Recently she has acted on a range of matters relating to operational PFI projects including a number of variations, disputes and associated settlement agreements.

Stephanie has advised on a wide range of projects with a variety of structures from joint ventures, LLPs and LEPs to PFIs and straight outsourcing arrangements advising clients in respect of the initial tender process including procurement issues through to reaching financial close and further in respect of operational matters post-close.

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Local authority social care duties

Practice Notes

This Practice Note identifies the framework of local authority duties in relation to the arrangement and funding of social care in England set out in the Care Act 2014. It covers the general duties which have a substantial impact on local authorities’ general obligations in relation to the commissioning of health and social care provision.

Local Government

Local authority strategic functions in relation to health and social care services

Practice Notes

This Practice Note explains a number of local authority strategic functions in relation to health and social care services, including duties to set up and operate Health and Wellbeing Boards in respect of health and social care, set up Local Healthwatch organisations to represent the views of users of health and social care, review and scrutinise health services, and make arrangements regarding health service user complaints.

Local Government