22 December 2008

CONSULTATIONS

Mental Capacity Act 2005 Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards: consultation on the Mental Capacity (Deprivation of Liberty: Monitoring and Reporting) and (Deprivation of Liberty: Standard Authorisation, Assessments and Ordinary Residence) (Amendment) Regulations 2009 (19th December 2008)
These draft regulations confer power on the Care Quality Commission for the purpose of monitoring, and reporting on, the Mental Capacity Act 2005 Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards. The draft regulations also amend regulation 3 of the Mental Capacity (Deprivation of Liberty: Standard Authorisations, Assessments and Ordinary Residence) Regulations 2008. Regulation 3 currently sets out that one of the requirements for a person to be eligible to carry out a MCA DOLS assessment is that they must be insured in respect of any liabilities arising in connection with carrying out the assessment. We are proposing to amend this regulation so that assessors will be eligible if they have satisfied the supervisory body that they have adequate and appropriate insurance and / or indemnity arrangements in place. Closing date for comments is 30th January 2009.
Consultation Document
Impact Assessment


Manual for Cancer Services: draft complementary therapy measures - consultation version (16th December 2008)

The purpose of this consultation exercise is to ensure that the published Complementary Therapy Cancer Measures are both comprehensive and clear. Closing date for comments is 27th March 2009.
Covering letter
Consultation document

Questionnaire
Impact Assessment


General Dental Council (Constitution) Order 2009: a paper for consultation (16th December 2008)
This draft Order sets out a proposed constitution for the General Dental Council (GDC). It provides details of the composition of the council, the terms of office for council members, and criteria for the disqualification, suspension or removal of members from office. The Health Care and Associated Professions (Miscellaneous Amendments) No 2 Order makes a number of changes to the constitutional arrangements for the General Dental Council. Instead of the constitutional details of the GDC being set out in the Dentists Act 1984, these details must now be set out in a separate Constitution Order made by the Privy Council. Closing date for comments is 27th March 2009.
Consultation document
Draft order
Draft Appointment Directions
Questionnaire
Impact Assessment


The use of 084 telephone numbers in the NHS (16th December 2008)
The Department of Health is considering prohibiting the use of 084 numbers in the NHS. This consultation document seeks views from all interested parties on the future use of 084 numbers in the NHS. Closing date for comments is 31st March 2008.
Consultation


2020 Children’s and Young People’s Workforce Strategy (16th December 2008)
The children and young people’s workforce strategy sets out a vision for 2020 in which everyone who works with children and young people is: ambitious for every child and young person, excellent in their practice, committed to partnership and integrated working, and respected and valued as professionals. The Government’s ambition is that all children and young people should achieve their full potential across all the Every Child Matters outcomes: staying safe; being healthy; enjoying and achieving; making a positive contribution and achieving economic wellbeing. Closing date for comments is 10th March 2009.
Consultation


Tomorrow’s Doctors 2009: a draft for consultation (15th December 2008)

Tomorrow's Doctors sets the standards expected of medical schools for the delivery of teaching, learning and assessment and lists the outcomes that medical students must demonstrate before graduation. It was last published in 2003 and has been redrafted to take account of major developments, including the publication of a new edition of Good Medical Practice in 2006, the coming merger of the Postgraduate Medical Education and Training Board (PMETB) with the General Medical Council (GMC) in 2010, and the creation of the Foundation Programme. The redraft reflects research findings, the GMC's quality assurance of medical schools and extensive engagement with key interests.
Consultation

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