Consultation responses
Below we list all our archived consultation responses and policy submissions (latest first). Each will open in a new window.
Draft regulations for registration of health and social care providers
Response to the government's second consultation on the draft regulations under the Health and Social Care Act 2008. The regulations relating to service users' experience and their engagement in their care are too weak and should be amended.
Tomorrow's Doctors
Response to the General Medical Council's consultation on the revision of Tomorrow's Doctors 2003, setting out the competences required of medical graduates.
Patient mobility in the EU December 2008
Response to the UK government's consultation on its position regarding a draft EC directive that aims to implement patients' rights to travel to other EU countries for their healthcare.
The draft NHS Constitution October 2008
Submission to the Department of Health.
Co-payments September 2008
Submission to the government-commissioned review by Professor Mike Richards. Provides a patient-centred analysis of the issues and the need for reform. Referenced in professor Richards' final report.
The framework for registration of health and social care providers July 2008
Submission to the Department of Health consultation on the regulations to be issued under the Health and Social Care Act 2008, as to how the new Care Quality Commission should register providers. Argues for more emphasis on outcomes not processes.
EC legal proposal on information to patients March 2008
Response to the draft proposal, expressing concern that it appears to be driven by the interests of the pharmaceutical industry rather than those of patients.
Accountability of local health services January 2008
Evidence to the 'health commission' established by the Local Government Association. Provides an overview of research into what people think about the accountability of local public services, and recommendations regarding primary care trusts. Extensively referenced in the commission's final report.
NHS Next Stage Review January 2008
Submission to the review led by Lord Darzi. Urges the government to institute a national framework and methodologies for patient and public engagement.
Primary care access November 2007
Submission to the All Party Parliamentary Group on Primary Care enquiry. Uses figures from the patient survey 2006 to argue that there is a problem of frustration with the inconvenience of access to GPs, but it is concentrated among age groups which are not the principal users of the NHS.
Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency 5 year strategy October 2007
Health Professions Council standards review September 2007
Response to the HPC consultations on standards of conduct, performance and ethics, and confidentiality. Recommends that these standards are aligned with those for doctors and nurses, especially in relation to 'working in partnership' with patients.
EC report on patient information June 2007
Principles for self-care February 2007
Health select committee enquiry into patient and public involvement January 2007
Picker Institute Europe's argument that 'patient' and 'public' engagement are distinct and should not be conflated was used as a main conclusion in the committee's report.
