Consultations published by Department of Health and Social Care

Tobacco and related products legislation introduced between 2015 and 2016: reviewing effectiveness

NHS Pension Scheme: proposed continuation of temporary easements

Home use of both pills for early medical abortion

Reforming the national Clinical Excellence Awards scheme

NHS Pension Scheme: McCloud remedy part 1: proposed changes to Scheme Regulations 2022

Revoking vaccination as a condition of deployment across all health and social care

NHS Pension Scheme: proposed changes to member contributions

Private coronavirus (COVID-19) testing validation

Review of temporary provisions in the Human Medicines Regulations 2012 to support influenza and COVID-19 vaccination campaigns

Extending free PPE to the health and care sector

The appointment and operation of the Patient Safety Commissioner

Making vaccination a condition of deployment in the health and wider social care sector

The law about use of force in mental health units (easy read)

Mental Health Units (Use of Force) Act 2018 statutory guidance

Pharmacy dispensing models and displaying prices on medicines

Community pharmacy drug reimbursement reform

Making vaccination a condition of deployment in older adult care homes

The Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) Regulations 2014: extension of expiry date

Validation of COVID-19 tests: laboratory validation

Adding folic acid to flour

Egg, sperm and embryo storage limits

Changes to giving free prescriptions to people aged 60 and over (easy read)

Reforming the Mental Health Act

Changes that the government wants to make to a law called the Mental Health Act (easy read)

Updating the government buying standards for food and catering services (GBSF)

Distributing vaccines and treatments for COVID-19 and flu

Restricting promotions of products high in fat, sugar and salt: enforcement

Stopping movement of staff between care settings

Total restriction of online advertising for products high in fat, sugar and salt (HFSS)

Further advertising restrictions for products high in fat, salt and sugar

Calorie labelling for food and drink served outside of the home

Changes to the NHS Pension Scheme regulations

NHS Pension Scheme: increased flexibility

Front-of-pack nutrition labelling in the UK: building on success

Nutrition labelling, composition and standards (NLCS) legislation from 1 January 2021

Changes to DHSC group accounting manual 2020 to 2021

Branded medicines: statutory scheme

New health data security standards and consent/opt-out model

Opt-out organ donation: organs and tissues excluded from the new system

Learning disability and autism training for health and care staff

The impact of tobacco laws introduced between 2010 and 2016

Changes to DHSC group accounting manual 2019 to 2020

Promoting professionalism, reforming regulation

Restraint and restrictive intervention: draft guidance

Cost effectiveness methodology for vaccination programmes

Personal health budgets and integrated personal budgets: extending legal rights

NHS pension scheme: proposed changes to scheme regulations 2019

The Nutrition (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018

Tobacco Products and Nicotine Inhaling Products (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018

The regulation of medical associate professions in the UK