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Closed consultation
Changes to responsible officer regulations
- From:
- Department of Health
- Part of:
- NHS efficiency
- Published:
- 7 December 2012
- Applies to:
- England
This was published under the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
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Summary
Asks for your views on the draft regulations that will change the Medical Profession (Responsible Officer) Regulations 2010.
Documents
Responsible Officers in the New Health Architecture
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Annex A
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Annex B: 2010 Regulations
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Questionnaire
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Impact Assessment
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Equality Analysis
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Consultation description
The government wants your views on the draft regulations that will change the Medical Profession (Responsible Officer) Regulations 2010.
A previous consultation considered the role of the responsible officer in 3 particular areas:
- the new structures in health
- the new structures in public health
- checking the language competence of doctors
This consultation summarises the responses received and, taking these into consideration, sets out the changes we intend to make in each area, including:
- changes to reflect the changes to the NHS
- changes in the structures for public health
- a clarification of responsible officers functions in respect of language checking
- details of additions to the list of designated bodies
- changes for postgraduate trainees