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• Consultation on publication of abortion statistics: proposals for changes to the annual abortion statistics publication

  Consultation on publication of abortion statistics: proposals for changes to the annual abortion statistics publication. The overall aims of this consultation are to ensure that the reports remain as relevant and as useful to users as possible whilst maximising value for money. All respons...

  This consultation is open until 10 June 2013

• Joint Strategic Needs Assessments and Joint Health and Wellbeing Strategies – draft guidance

  Joint Strategic Needs Assessments (JSNAs) and Joint Health and Wellbeing Strategies (JHWSs) are about the NHS, local government and communities working together to improve health and wellbeing outcomes and reduce inequalities. The purpose of statutory guidance in relation to this is to: ...

  This consultation was closed on 28 September 2012

• Standardised packaging of tobacco products

  We seek feedback on whether there might be public health benefits from the introduction of standardised tobacco packaging in addition to policies currently in place, including legislation ending the permanent display of tobacco products by retailers. We also wish to understand what other effects th...

  This consultation was closed on 10 August 2012

• A consultation on strengthening the NHS Constitution

  Views sought on strengthening NHS Constitution Proposals to strengthen the NHS Constitution are set out for public consultation today, with the NHS, patients and public all being asked to respond. The main changes proposed cover: a new responsibility for staff to treat patient...

  This consultation was closed on 28 January 2013

• Securing best value for NHS patients - Requirements for commissioners to adhere to good procurement practice and protect patient choice

  The Department is consulting on our proposals for the regulations for commissioners to be made under Section 75 of the Health and Social Care Act 2012. The purpose of the regulations is to protect patients’ interests by ensuring that best value is always delivered by commissioners. The consul...

  This consultation was closed on 26 October 2012

• Proposals to introduce independent prescribing by physiotherapists

  This consultation concerns proposals for physiotherapists to become independent prescribers of medicines. It also proposes that physiotherapist independent prescribers are allowed to mix licensed medicines prior to administration and direct others to mix, and to be able to prescribe independentl...

  This consultation was closed on 30 December 2011

• Topics for new NICE quality standards and guidance to improve the quality of social care

  From April 2013, the role of the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) will expand to include social care. NICE have had a number of joint health and social care topics referred to them to commence work on in April 2013. This consultation seeks views on topics for NICE to ...

  This consultation was closed on 3 May 2013

• Public Health Workforce Strategy

  The consultation document signals the importance of building on the best but also the need to change and develop the workforce that contribute to public health. It highlights national relationships that will support the training, leadership, development and tracking of the public health special...

  This consultation was closed on 29 June 2012

• Healthy Lives, Healthy People: Transparency in Outcomes

  1.Society, government and individuals share the collective responsibility to improve and protect the health of the population. In our White Paper Healthy Lives, Healthy People, we set our overarching ambition for public health for the future. A core element of this will be the establishment of P...

  This consultation was closed on 31 March 2011

• UK Influenza Pandemic Preparedness Strategy

  Pandemic influenza is one of the most severe natural challenges likely to affect the UK, but sensible and proportionate preparation and collective action by the Government; essential services; businesses; the media; other public, private and voluntary organisations; and communities; can help to ...

  This consultation was closed on 17 June 2011

• Liberating the NHS: Developing the Healthcare Workforce

  The vision set out in the white paper Equity and excellence: Liberating the NHS can only be achieved if healthcare providers employ staff with the skill mix appropriate to deliver a high quality service to patients in every circumstance. That blend of skills will change repeatedly to satisfy the...

  This consultation was closed on 31 March 2011

• Healthy Lives, Healthy People: Consultation on the funding and commissioning routes for public health

  The White Paper Healthy Lives, Healthy People , described a new era for public health, with a higher priority and dedicated resources. There will be ring-fenced public health funding from within the overall NHS budget. Local authorities will have a new role in improving the health and wellbei...

  This consultation was closed on 31 March 2011

• A Review of the Procurement of Seasonal Flu Vaccine

  Assessment of the existing system of local procurement of seasonal flu vaccine suggests that it may not provide the most effective or efficient approach. It may be possible to achieve savings through a more centralised purchasing scheme, so that resources can be reinvested elsewhere. The c...

  This consultation was closed on 17 August 2011

• Next steps for Healthy Start: Adding frozen fruit and vegetables and minimising voucher misuse

  Healthy Start vouchers were introduced across the UK in November 2006 to replace Welfare Food Scheme milk and infant tokens. They are available to pregnant women and families with children under 4 years old receiving one of a range of benefits or tax credits, and to all pregnant women under 18 y...

  This consultation was closed on 1 January 2011

• Liberating the NHS: Greater choice and control

  1. The White Paper, Equity and Excellence: Liberating the NHS, sets out the Government’s vision of an NHS that puts patients and the public first - where patients, service users, carers and families have far more influence and choice in the system, and the NHS is more responsive to their needs...

  This consultation was closed on 15 January 2011

• Liberating the NHS: An Information Revolution

  1. Our vision is of an information revolution in which people have the information they need to stay healthy, to take decisions about and exercise more control of their care, and to make the right choices for themselves and their families. This includes an accurate record of their care, availab...

  This consultation was closed on 15 January 2011

• Rare Diseases Consultation

  On 11th November 2008, the European Commission published a Communication and Proposal for a European Council Recommendation on Rare Diseases. The Recommendation, which aims to introduce measures at European level to combat rare diseases, was accepted in 2009. This consultation document and resp...

  This consultation was closed on 25 May 2012

• A consultation on the draft mandate to the NHS Commissioning Board

  The new NHS Commissioning Board will oversee the way that over £80 billion of taxpayers’ money is spent to secure NHS services for the people of England. The mandate is one of the most important ways for the Government to set objectives for the Board, but it is just one part of a broad...

  This consultation was closed on 26 September 2012

• Local Authority Health Scrutiny

  The reforms set out in Equity and excellence: liberating the NHS are underpinned by a clear commitment to increasing accountability and local democratic legitimacy in health. Strengthening health scrutiny is one element of this. The regulations currently in force have, on the whole, serve...

  This consultation was closed on 7 September 2012

• Indemnity for Regulated Healthcare Professionals

  A consultation is launched on legislation that would mean all regulated healthcare professionals have to hold indemnity or insurance to practice. The consultation will run from 22 February to 17 May 2013 on draft regulations on the requirement for all regulated healthcare professionals to hold...

  This consultation was closed on 17 May 2013

• Choice; Further proposals

  The White Paper, Liberating the NHS: Equity and excellence, set out the Government’s ambition to achieve healthcare outcomes that are among the best in the world by involving patients fully in their own care, with decisions made in partnership with clinicians, rather than by clinicians alone, ...

  This consultation was closed on 31 August 2012

• Direct payments for healthcare – A consultation on updated policy for regulations

  One way of managing a personal health budget is a direct payment for healthcare, where money is given directly to an individual for the management of their NHS care. They are currently only lawful within DH-approved pilot sites. The Government's intention is to roll out personal health budgets, inc...

  This consultation was closed on 26 April 2013

• Consultation on proposed changes to regulations for Care Quality Commission registration

  This consultation seeks views on a number of proposed changes to the legislation that underpins the regulation of health and adult social care providers by the Care Quality Commission. The consultation document and impact assessment can be found on the Department of Health website . ...

  This consultation was closed on 7 October 2011

• Proposals to introduce independent prescribing by podiatrists

  This consultation concerns proposals for podiatrists to become independent prescribers of medicines. It also proposes that podiatrist independent prescribers are allowed to mix licensed medicines prior to administration and direct others to mix, and to be able to prescribe independently from a ...

  This consultation was closed on 30 December 2011

• Nursery Milk Scheme Survey for Childcare Settings

  This survey asks some questions about your organisation and the milk you provide to children as part of the Nursery Milk Scheme. In answering the questions, include only the milk paid for under the Nursery Milk Scheme and not any other milk you might purchase for staff use or for the preparatio...

  This consultation was closed on 30 September 2012

• Fair and transparent pricing for NHS services - A consultation on proposals for objecting to proposed pricing methodologies

  This consultation discusses the new arrangements for the National Tariff (covering the prices to be paid for NHS services) provided for in the Health and Social Care Act 2012. It includes consultation questions relating to the circumstances in which objections from providers and/or commissioners t...

  This consultation was closed on 21 December 2012

• Performers Lists Regulations 2013

  The performers list system is a framework set out in the National Health Service (Performers Lists) Regulations 2004. Medical, dental and ophthalmic practitioners may not perform NHS primary care services in England unless they are included on a performers list held by a Primary Care Trust (PCT). T...

  This consultation was closed on 14 December 2012

• Healthy Lives, Healthy People:Consultation on the arrangements for consideration of proposals on the fluoridation of drinking water

  Consultation on the arrangements for consideration of proposals on the fluoridation of drinking water The Department is consulting on the process local authorities will use to conduct consultations on fluoridation of drinking water. We are not consulting on the benefits or disadvantages of...

  This consultation was closed on 27 November 2012

• Front of Pack Nutrition Labelling

  The Governments across the UK are committed to the provision of nutritional information to help consumers make better informed food choices - and so to help them improve their health, guard against risks such as obesity and conditions such as high blood pressure, heart disease, and diabetes...

  This consultation was closed on 6 August 2012

• Next steps for Nursery Milk

  The Nursery Milk Scheme has been running since the 1940s. The scheme currently funds free milk for around 1.5 million children under five years old in 55,000 childcare settings throughout Great Britain. The Government is committed to retaining the Nursery Milk Scheme. In recent years, h...

  This consultation was closed on 23 October 2012