Consultation responses

The Patients Association responds to a range of consultations that directly and indirectly effect patients and the health care they receive. By responding to consultations we are able to:

Provide organisations with the widest source of information possible and improve the quality of decisions reached
Alert policy makers to any concerns and issues not picked up
Help to monitor existing policy by letting organisations know whether or not changes are needed

To read our consultation responses, click on the links below.

2012

Date	Organisation	Subject of the Consultation

09/01/2012	European Union	Recognition of Prescriptions
19/01/2012	Royal Pharmaceutical Society	Changes to Hospital Professionals Standards
03/02/2012	General Medical Council	Good Medical Practice
08/02/2012	General Medical Council	Continuing Professional Development
22/02/2012	Nursing and Midwifery Council	Fitness to Practice - Indicative Sanctions Guidance
24/02/2012	Nursing and Midwifery Council	Midwives' Rules and Standards
29/02/2012	NICE	Commissioning Outcomes Framework
02/03/2012	Department of Health	Membership - HealthWatch England
27/03/2012	General Medical Council	Induction of Doctors New to Practice
10/04/2012	Council for Healthcare Regulatory Excellence	Standards for Boards and Government Bodies
30/04/2012	General Medical Council	Professional and Linguistic Assessment Board Test
07/05/2012	General Pharmaceutical Council	Modernising Pharmacy Regulation
31/05/2012	Law Commission	Regulation of Health and Social Care Professionals
14/06/2012	General Medical Council	Good Medical Practice - additional guidance
17/06/2012	Council for Healthcare Regulatory Excellence	Strategic Review of the Nursing and Midwifery Council
06/08/2012	General Medical Council	Future of Fitness to Practise and Adjudication
06/08/2012	Nursing and Midwifery Council	Fitness to Practise Case Management and Consensual Disposal
06/08/2012	Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety (Northern Ireland)	Generic Standards Framework
18/09/2012	Health Select Committee	(Available from end of review)
26/09/2012	Department of Health	Mandate to the NHS Commissioning Board
28/09/2012	Department of Health	Joint Strategic Needs Assessments and Joint Wellbeing Strategies
08/10/2012	Royal College of General Practitioners	Better care for patients: defining the role of general practice in 2022 – a call for action