25 March 2009

CONSULTATION RESPONSES

Response to the consultation on the extension and revision of Direct Payments Regulations (19th March 2009)
The Health and Social Care Act 2008 extended direct payments to adults who lack 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.
Consultation Response

Developing the quality and outcomes framework: proposals for a new independent process; consultation response and analysis (19th 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.
Consultation Response

Guidance on NHS patients who wish to pay for additional private care: consultation response (23rd March 2009)
Following a 12 week consultation, from 4 November 2008 to 27 January 2009, the Department of Health has now published final guidance on NHS patients wishing to pay for additional private care, alongside a Government response to the consultation.
Consultation Response and Guidance

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