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Services

1. GMS1

   Family doctor services registration form

2. Medicines: application forms for a manufacturer licence

   To apply for a manufacturer licence, complete the appropriate form. Applications for a manufacturer licence will be payable on invoice.

3. Medicines: variation forms for a manufacturer's licence

   Forms to make a variation to a manufacturer's licence.

4. General practice physical activity questionnaire (GPPAQ)

   Screening tool used in routine general practice to provide a simple physical activity index.

5. Sunset clause: request for public health exemption

   Apply for a public health exemption from the sunset clause.

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Guidance and regulation

1. Coronavirus (COVID-19): admission and care of people in care homes
   • Guidance
   • 19 May 2020
   • Department of Health and Social Care, Care Quality Commission, Public Health England, and NHS England
2. Coronavirus (COVID-19): hospital discharge service requirements
   • Guidance
   • 13 May 2020
   • Department of Health and Social Care
3. NHS entitlements: migrant health guide
   • Detailed guide
   • 27 April 2020
   • Public Health England
4. NHS Constitution for England
   • Guidance
   • 14 October 2015
   • Department of Health and Social Care
5. National framework for NHS continuing healthcare and NHS-funded nursing care
   • Guidance
   • 11 March 2019
   • Department of Health and Social Care

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News and communications

20 May 2020 — Decision

Suspended and revoked licences and registrations for manufacturers and wholesalers of medicines and ingredients

Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency

1. Regulations temporarily suspended to fast-track supplies of PPE to NHS staff and protect companies hit by COVID-19
   • 14 May 2020
   • HM Revenue & Customs, The Insolvency Service, Health and Safety Executive, Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy, and Office for Product Safety and Standards
   • Press release
2. UK and Italy together to commemorate Florence Nightingale
   • 13 May 2020
   • World news story
3. Dedicated app for social care workers launched
   • 6 May 2020
   • Department of Health and Social Care
   • Press release
4. Health Secretary welcomes reopening of fertility services
   • 5 May 2020
   • Department of Health and Social Care
   • Press release

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Research and statistics

1. Bed availability and occupancy data for Q4 2019/20
   • 21 May 2020
   • NHS England
   • Official statistics
2. Diagnostic imaging dataset for January 2020
   • 21 May 2020
   • NHS England
   • Official statistics
3. Quarterly Direct Payment Statistics for Northern Ireland (March 2020)
   • 15 May 2020
   • Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency and Department of Health (Northern Ireland)
   • Official statistics
4. NHS Continuing Healthcare and NHS-funded Nursing Care for Q4 2019/20
   • 14 May 2020
   • NHS England
   • Official statistics
5. Monthly hospital activity data for March 2020
   • 14 May 2020
   • NHS England
   • Official statistics

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Policy papers and consultations

1. Coronavirus (COVID-19): personal protective equipment (PPE) plan
   • 15 April 2020
   • Department of Health and Social Care
   • Policy paper
2. NHS debt write-off: regional breakdown
   • 9 April 2020
   • Department of Health and Social Care
   • Policy paper
3. Indemnity in general practice
   • 6 April 2020
   • Department of Health and Social Care
   • Policy paper
4. NHS accountability framework 2019 to 2020
   • 25 March 2020
   • Department of Health and Social Care
   • Policy paper
5. NHS mandate 2020 to 2021
   • 25 March 2020
   • Department of Health and Social Care
   • Policy paper

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Transparency and freedom of information releases

1. NHS injury cost recovery scheme: April 2020 to March 2021
   • 12 May 2020
   • Department of Health and Social Care
   • Transparency
2. NHS injury costs recovery scheme: April 2019 to March 2020
   • 12 May 2020
   • Department of Health and Social Care
   • Transparency
3. NHS Pension Board annual report: 2018 to 2019
   • 30 April 2020
   • Department of Health and Social Care
   • Corporate report
4. Annual reports of the ABRHP and the HMAC
   • 22 April 2020
   • Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency
   • Corporate report
5. Clinical trials for medicines: authorisation assessment performance
   • 6 April 2020
   • Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency
   • Transparency

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Organisations

1. Department of Health & Social Care
2. Public Health England
3. Medicines & Healthcare products Regulatory Agency
4. Home Office
5. Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street

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1. Independent Reconfiguration Panel
2. National Information Board
3. Accelerated Access Review
4. National Data Guardian
5. Department for Work & Pensions
6. Morecambe Bay Investigation
7. Cabinet Office
8. NHS Pay Review Body
9. HM Treasury
10. Office of Manpower Economics
11. Department for Education
12. Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
13. Foreign & Commonwealth Office
14. Review Body on Doctors' and Dentists' Remuneration
15. Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
16. Department for International Trade
17. Ministry of Justice
18. Department for Environment Food & Rural Affairs
19. Department for Transport
20. Ministry of Defence
21. Civil Nuclear Constabulary
22. Department for International Development
23. Government Equalities Office
24. Her Majesty’s Prison & Probation Service
25. Civil Nuclear Police Authority
26. Crown Commercial Service
27. Driver & Vehicle Licensing Agency
28. HM Courts & Tribunals Service
29. Open Public Services
30. Administration of Radioactive Substances Advisory Committee
31. Civil Service
32. Commission on Human Medicines
33. Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
34. Government Actuary's Department
35. Government Digital Service
36. HM Revenue & Customs
37. The Insolvency Service
38. Intellectual Property Office
39. Life Sciences Organisation
40. Office for Product Safety & Standards
41. Planning Inspectorate
42. Review Body on Senior Salaries
43. Office of the Leader of the House of Commons
44. UK Atomic Energy Authority
45. UK Visas and Immigration
46. Valuation Office Agency

1. Advisory Committee on Clinical Excellence Awards
2. Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs
3. Innovate UK
4. Office for Life Sciences
5. Healthcare UK
6. Industrial Injuries Advisory Council
7. Competition and Markets Authority
8. The Charity Commission
9. Council for Science and Technology
10. Disabled Persons Transport Advisory Committee
11. Forensic Science Regulator
12. HM Prison Service
13. National Probation Service
14. Single Source Regulations Office
15. Surveillance Camera Commissioner
16. Youth Justice Board for England and Wales

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