Policy papers and consultations

Call for evidence seeking views on the statutory duty of candour for health and social care providers in England.

• From: Department of Health and Social Care
• Updated: 22 May 2024

• Duty of candour review

  Summary This call for evidence forms part of a review by the Department of…

A review looking at how health and social care services should be honest and open with people when things go wrong. We would like to know what you think about the duty of candour.

• From: Department of Health and Social Care
• Updated: 22 May 2024

Sets the national conditions, metrics and funding arrangements for the Better Care Fund in financial years 2023 to 2024 and 2024 to 2025.

• From: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and 1 others
• Updated: 12 April 2024

• 2023 to 2025 Better Care Fund policy framework

  Introduction This policy framework confirms the conditions and funding for…

• Addendum to the 2023 to 2025 Better Care Fund policy framework and planning requirements

  Introduction The Better Care Fund (BCF) policy framework and planning…

We want to find out what skills and experience you think are important for adult social care staff.

• From: Department of Health and Social Care
• Updated: 10 January 2024

We want your views on what should be included within a new care workforce pathway for adult social care.

• From: Department of Health and Social Care
• Updated: 10 January 2024

This consultation will inform the government's proposed development of secondary legislation on visiting in care homes, hospitals and hospices.

• From: Department of Health and Social Care
• Updated: 20 December 2023

Seeks views on the proposal to remove the statutory requirement for a full employment history when appointing volunteers in health and care settings.

• From: Department of Health and Social Care
• Updated: 18 December 2023

We are seeking views on health and social care statistical outputs published by DHSC (including OHID), NHSBSA, UKHSA, ONS and NHS England.

• From: Department of Health and Social Care and 4 others
• Updated: 13 December 2023

The government wants to make some new rules on visiting care homes, hospitals and hospices in England. We would like your ideas.

• From: Department of Health and Social Care
• Updated: 5 December 2023

Setting out the department's priorities for innovation and scaling in adult social care, including identifying, recognising and supporting unpaid carers.

• From: Department of Health and Social Care
• Updated: 23 November 2023

Update setting out decisions around data access policy, which is shaping the implementation of Secure Data Environments for secondary uses of NHS data.

• From: Department of Health and Social Care
• Updated: 12 October 2023

This consultation seeks feedback on the latest update to data access policy.

• From: Department of Health and Social Care
• Updated: 12 October 2023

Assessment of the impact of Health and Care Act 2022.

• From: Department of Health and Social Care
• Updated: 21 September 2023

Our visions and aims to prevent self-harm and suicide, including the actions the government and other organisations will take to save lives.

• From: Department of Health and Social Care
• Updated: 11 September 2023

We want to know if you think the guidance for training on learning disability and autism is good enough. This guidance is called a code of practice.

• From: Department of Health and Social Care
• Updated: 4 September 2023

The government’s formal response to the House of Lords Adult Social Care Committee report, ‘A “gloriously ordinary life”: spotlight on adult social care’.

• From: Department of Health and Social Care
• Updated: 3 August 2023

We're seeking feedback from all providers of a regulated activity that are registered with the Care Quality Commission in England on regulations made under the Health and Social Care Act 2008.

• From: Department of Health and Social Care
• Updated: 13 July 2023

Government response to the Health and Social Care Committee’s report on the autonomy and accountability of integrated care systems, and on the independent Hewitt Review.

• From: Department of Health and Social Care
• Updated: 14 June 2023

We are seeking views on the distribution of funding to support the reform of the adult social care charging system in 2023 to 2024.

• From: Department of Health and Social Care
• Updated: 6 April 2023

A plan for adult social care system reform 2023 to 2024 and 2024 to 2025 financial years.

• From: Department of Health and Social Care
• Updated: 4 April 2023