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Response to the consultation on Quality Markers and measures for end of life care
Published: 30 June 2009
This is a response to the End of Life Care Strategy: Quality Markers Consultation which ran from November 2008 to February 2009.
Health Care and Associated Professions (Pharmacy): The Pharmacy Order 2009 Consultation Report
Published: 16 June 2009
The Pharmacy Order 2009 was published in draft for public consultation between 9 December 2008 and 9 March 2009. This report provides information on the outcome of that consultation.
Summary of responses to the 2004 public consultation 'Proposals to exclude overseas visitors from eligibility to free NHS primary medical services'
Published: 10 June 2009
The consultation 'Proposals to exclude overseas visitors from eligibility to free NHS primary medical services' set out proposals for introducing a system of charges for those overseas visitors who would not be eligible to receive free NHS treatment and sought views on how such charges should operate. This document gives a summary and analysis of the responses.
Consultation report on the regulations to implement the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008
Published: 6 May 2009
The consultation document contained proposals for 4 sets of regulations that are required to implement the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008 which received Royal Assent in November 2008. The reports to each set of regulations are published separately on the Department of Health website.
The role of Responsible Officer - response to the consultation on Responsible Officers and their duties relating to the medical profession
Published: 5 May 2009
The White Paper 'Trust, Assurance and Safety' set out an ambitious programme for the reform of professional regulation, including the creation of responsible officers. The Department of Health's consultation, under the Better Regulation Executive's Consultation Code of Practice, on the content of regulations on the roles and responsibilities of responsible officers closed on 24 October 2008.
The purpose of the consultation was to help the Department test the thinking and advice of our expert group with a wider group and in doing so, we hoped to gain a clearer understanding of the issues and how they affect individuals and organisations. The views expressed will influence the development of draft regulations setting out the detail of responsible officers. This document sets out the Department’s formal response to the consultation and provides a full analysis of responses.
The European Commission's proposals for a Directive on the application of patients' rights in cross-border healthcare - UK Government's response to consultation
Published: 20 April 2009
Last autumn the Government conducted a consultation seeking stakeholders' views to inform the UK's negotiating position on an EU draft directive on patients' rights in accessing cross-border healthcare. this document provides an overview of responses received and gives the Government's response.
Proposed new arrangements under Part lX of the Drug Tariff for the provision of stoma and urology appliances - and related services - in primary care (June 2008): consultation response
Published: 1 April 2009
To summarise responses to the last Part lX Consultation which was published in June 2008, and to indicate next steps.
Private and voluntary healthcare: Care Standards Act 2000: Regulations and National Minimum Standards
Published: 30 March 2009
To ensure that the private and voluntary healthcare sector is regulated effectively during the run-up to wider changes to the regulatory framework, the Department of Health held a consultation from 18 March 2008 to 10 June 2008 on the Private and Voluntary Healthcare Regulations 2001.This is the response to that consultation'
Response to consultation on the framework for the registration of health and adult social care providers
Published: 30 March 2009
This document provides the Government's response to the consultation held during spring 2008 (The future regulation of health and adult social care in England: a consultation on the framework for the regulation of health and adult social care) on the new registration framework to be introduced from 2010. It also launches a consultation on the wording of the draft Regulations on the scope of registration and the registration requirements that we are planning to set before Parliament this year under the Health and Social Care Act 2008.
Framework of competencies for recognising and responding to acutely ill patients in hospital: consultation report
Published: 25 March 2009
A summary of responses to the limited consultation on the draft Framework of Competencies for recognising and responding to acutely ill patients in hospital.
Guidance on NHS patients who wish to pay for additional private care
Published: 23 March 2009
Following Professor Mike Richards’s report Improving access to medicines for NHS patients, and the Secretary of State’s announcement of a package of measures in response, designed to make more drugs available to NHS patients free of charge on the NHS, draft guidance was published for consultation. The Department received 146 consultation responses on this guidance, and was pleased to note the broad support for Professor Richards’ recommendations and the aims of the guidance. In response to specific issues raised in consultation, the final version of the guidance includes a number of changes which are explained in the accompanying Government response.
Response to the consultation on the extension and revision of Direct Payments Regulations
Published: 19 March 2009
The Health and Social Care Act 2008 extended direct payments to adults who lacked the capacity to consent to their receipt. From August to November 2008 the Department of Health consulted on regulations implementing the extension. This document summarises the responses to the consultation and outlines what subsequent action the Department proposes to take.
Developing the Quality and Outcomes Framework: proposals for a new, independent process; consultation response and analysis
Published: 19 March 2009
The Consultation, Developing the Quality and Outcomes Framework: proposals for a new, independent process, set out proposals for how a new, NICE-led, independent process for reviewing and developing QOF indicators should work. This document provides an analysis of submissions to the consultation and sets out the Government response.
General Optical Council (Constitution) Order
Published: 9 March 2009
The General Optical Council (Constitution) Order 2009 was published in draft for consultation between 15 August and 7 November 2008. This report provides information on the outcome of that consultation.
Health Care and Associated Professions (Miscellaneous Amendments and Practitioner Psychologists) Order 2009
Published: 9 March 2009
A summary response to the public consultation on the draft Health Care and Associated Professions (Miscellaneous Amendments and Practitioner Psychologists) Order 2009.
Mental Capacity Act (Deprivation of Liberty: Monitoring and Reporting; and Assessments - Amendment) Regulations 2009 - response to the consultation.
Published: 23 February 2009
This document is the post-consultation report for the consultation paper, 'Mental Capacity Act 2005 Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards: consultation on the Mental Capacity (Capacity Act 2005 Deprivation of Liberty: Monitoring and Reporting) and (Deprivation of Liberty: Standard Authorisations, Assessments and Ordinary Residence (Amendment) Regulations 2009 Safeguards); which was published on 19 December 2008.
General Osteopathic Council (Constitution) Order
Published: 20 February 2009
The General Osteopathic Council (Constitution) Order 2009 was published in draft for consultation between 15 August and 7 November 2008. This report provides information on the outcome of that consultation.
National Dementia Strategy
Published: 3 February 2009
This document gives feedback regarding the responses received to the consultation on Transforming the quality of dementia care: consultation on a National Dementia Strategy, and explains how the consultation has influenced the policy and the changes that were made to the final Strategy as a result of the consultation process.
Government response to the consultation on the NHS Constitution
Published: 21 January 2009
Department of Health published a draft NHS Constitution on 30 June 2008. The consultation on the draft NHS Constitution ran from 30 June 2008 until 17 October 2008.
Summary of responses to the consultation on valuing people now: from progress to transformation
Published: 19 January 2009
'Valuing People Now' sets out the Government's strategy for people with learning disabilities for the next three years following consultation. It also responds to the main recommendations in 'Healthcare for All', the independent inquiry into access to healthcare for people with learning disabilities.
Response to Consultation on a regime for unsustainable NHS providers
Published: 16 January 2009
This document sets out the Government response to the consultation on the regime for unsustainable NHS providers, published by the Department of Health on 10 September 2008.
The consultation document set out the steps that will be taken in the rare instances where an organisation fails, either for clinical or organisational reasons. After considering the responses we have decided to include the regime for unsustainable providers in the Health Bill (2009).
Pharmacy in England: building on strengths, delivering the future: proposals for legislative change - consultation summary report relating to proposals for primary legislation
Published: 16 January 2009
A consultation on proposals for structural change within the Pharmacy White Paper took place from August to November 2008. This report contains an analysis of consultation responses on proposals relating to primary legislation together with feedback from public listening events.
Removing or suspending chairs and non-executives of Health Bodies
Published: 16 January 2009
This document summarises the feedback to the consultation, in conjunction with the Appointments Commission, seeking views on introducing a reformed process by which chairs and other non-executives in Strategic Health Authorities, Special Health Authorities and other Health Bodies may be removed from office, including the introduction of new powers of suspension. It includes an attached copy of the revised version of the Appointments Commission’s policy documents.
Response to consultation on changes to arrangements for regulating NHS bodies in relation to healthcare associated infections
Published: 12 January 2009
The Department of Health consultation "Changes to arrangements for regulating NHS bodies in relation to healthcare associated infections for 2009/10" came to an end on 20 October 2008. The Department has now considered the responses to the consultation, and has reviewed policy on how NHS organisations will register with the Care Quality Commission against requirements regarding healthcare associated infections (HCAIs) in 2009/10. This document sets out the decisions reached after considering the responses.
Consultation responses 2008
Responses to Consultations issued by the Department of Health in 2008
Consultation responses 2007
Responses to Consultations issued by the Department of Health in 2007.
Consultation responses 2006
Responses to Consultations issued by the Department of Health in 2006.
Consultation responses 2005
Responses to Consultations issued by the Department of Health in 2005.
Consultation responses 2004
Responses to Consultations issued by the Department of Health in 2004.
Consultation responses 2003
Responses to Consultations issued by the Department of Health in 2003.
Consultation responses 2000-02
Consultation responses published by the Department of Health between 2000 and 2002.
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