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This page provides access to summaries of responses and outcomes for DH consultations.
Manual for Cancer Services: Network Service User Partnership Group Measures
Published: 7 April 2011
Following a three month consultation period, this is the final version of the Network Service User Partnership Group Measures for inclusion in the Manual of Cancer Services 2008.
Manual for Cancer Services: acute oncology - including metatastic spinal cord compression measures
Published: 7 April 2011
Following a three month consultation period, this is the final version of the acute oncology measures for inclusion in the Manual of Cancer Services 2008.
The Cancer Drugs Fund: Government response to consultation
Published: 1 April 2011
A public consultation on the Government's proposals for the Cancer Drugs Fund took place between 27 October 2010 and 19 January 2011. This document sets out the Government's response to the consultation. It provides a summary of the responses received, highlights the key themes from the consultation and sets out the Government's response and actions taken.
Transparency in outcomes: a framework for quality in adult social care - response to consultation
Published: 31 March 2011
The consultation on our proposals for a new approach to quality and outcomes in adult social care ran from 16 November 2010 to 9 February 2011. The consultation response below sets out the voices we have heard through the process, how they have shaped our views, and the next steps for this agenda.
Access to the NHS by foreign nationals - Government response to the consultation
Published: 18 March 2011
This is the Government’s response to the consultation Review of Access to the NHS by Foreign Nationals, outlining minor changes to Charging Regulations and opportunities for collecting debts to the NHS by refusing visas to NHS debtors. The document also announces a wide-ranging review of free access to the NHS.
Consultation on options for improving information on the labels of alcoholic drinks to support consumers to make healthier choices in the UK - response to consultation
Published: 15 March 2011
This document responds to a consultation on options for improving information on the labels of alcoholic drinks to support consumers to make healthier choices in the UK
Next steps for Healthy Start – adding plain frozen fruit and vegetables and minimising voucher misuse
Published: 17 February 2011
This document responds to a consultation which asked whether Healthy Start beneficiaries should be able to choose to spend their vouchers on plain frozen fruit and vegetables as well as the foods already allowed. We also asked whether further measures may be needed to reduce the risk of vouchers being spent on products that are not included in the scheme.
Analysis report on the 2009 consultation on the statutory regulation of practitioners of acupuncture, herbal medicine, traditional Chinese medicine and other traditional medicine systems practised in the UK
Published: 16 February 2011
This document is a factual analysis of the responses received to the consultation on whether, and if so how, to regulate practutioners of acupuncture, herbal medicine and traditional Chinese medicine practitioners, held in 2009.
Transparency in outcomes - a framework for the NHS: Government response to the consultation
Published: 20 December 2010
The purpose of this consultation was to seek the help of those working in the NHS, patients and the public in developing this NHS Outcomes Framework.
Implementing Fulfilling and Rewarding Lives: Summary and response to the findings from the consultation
Published: 17 December 2010
This document is a summary of the responses received to the consultation on Implementing Fulfilling and Rewarding Lives, the draft statutory guidance for health and social care to support the implementation of the national autism strategy. It highlights the key themes from the consultation and sets out the Government's response.
Liberating the NHS: Legislative framework and next steps
Published: 15 December 2010
Liberating the NHS: Legislative Framework and Next Steps is the response to the White Paper Equity and Excellence: Liberating the NHS which was a consultation document, as well as responding to three of the accompanying consultations:
- Increasing democratic legitimacy in health (closed 11 October 2010)
- Liberating the NHS: commissioning for patients (closed 11 October 2010)
- Liberating the NHS: regulating healthcare providers (closed 11 October 2010)
Response to the Consultation on: The Health and Social Care Act 2008 Code of Practice for healthcare, including primary care, and adult social care on the prevention and control of infections and related guidance
Published: 14 December 2010
A public consultation on The Health and Social Care Act 2008 Code of Practice for healthcare, including primary care, and adult social care on the prevention and control of infections and related guidance ran between 26 March 2010 and 15 July 2010. This document provides an overview of the consultation process; the responses received; and the Department’s reply and actions taken
A Summary of the consultation on changes to the allocation formulae for the learning disabilities commissioning transfer grant preserved rights grant and AIDS support grant
Published: 13 December 2010
A summary of responses to the consultation launched on 27 July 2010, which sought views on the allocation of three social care grants from April 2011. The consultation did not prejudge the outcome of the Spending Review which considered the future form of these grants.
Consultation Report - Fitness to Practise Adjudication for health professionals: Assessing different mechanisms for delivery
Published: 2 December 2010
The Government has had the opportunity to consider the representations received as part of a public consultation on assessing different mechanisms for delivery of fitness to practise adjudication for health professionals. This document represents the Government's response, with accompanying Impact Assessments
Response to Consultation: Your choice of GP practice: a consultation on enabling people to register with the GP practice of their choice
Published: 18 October 2010
Summary of responses from the consultation which sought views on proposals to abolish GP practice boundaries and enable people to register with any GP practice.
The proposals to implement ‘Generic Substitution’ in primary care, further to the Pharmaceutical Price Regulation Scheme (PPRS) 2009
Published: 14 October 2010
A document in response to the consultation on the proposals to implement 'generic substitution' in primary care.
NHS car parking: response to consultation
Published: 16 September 2010
A document in response to the consultation on NHS car parking charges
The role of the responsible officer - response to a consultation on responsible officer regulations and guidance
Published: 26 July 2010
Response to the consultation on the responsible officer draft regulations and guidance held August to October 2009.
Consultation response to the COMARE 12 Report: recommendations on CT scanning of asymptomatic self-referred individuals
Published: 6 April 2010
After consideration of responses to consultation on the report of the independent Committee on the Medical Aspects of Radiation in the Environment (COMARE) on the use of computed tomography (CT) scanning of the asymptomatic individual, the Department of Health
- intends to make appropriate changes to the Ionising Radiation (Medical Exposure) Regulations 2000 (IRMER2000)
- has formed the view that up to date guidance needs to be available to practitioners and regulators that is acceptable to professional bodies such as the Royal College of Radiologists and the Royal College of Physicians
- intends to review the Justification of Practices Involving Ionising Radiation Regulations 2004.
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