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Services

• Child death reviews: forms for reporting child deaths

  Forms to help child death overview panels (CDOPs) assess the causes of a child’s death as part of the child death review process.

• General practice physical activity questionnaire (GPPAQ)

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

• ARSAC application forms

  Application forms from the Administration of Radioactive Substances Advisory Committee (ARSAC) for employer and practitioner licences under the IR(ME)R.

• Medicines: variation forms for a manufacturer's licence

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

• 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.

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Guidance and regulation

• National framework for NHS continuing healthcare and NHS-funded nursing care

  Guidance

  5 October 2018

  Department of Health and Social Care

• Controlled drugs list

  Guidance

  1 June 2017

  Home Office

• NHS Constitution for England

  Guidance

  14 October 2015

  Department of Health and Social Care

• Notifiable diseases and causative organisms: how to report
  • Detailed guide
  • 1 May 2010
  • Public Health England
• NHS terms and conditions: procuring goods and services
  • Guidance
  • 24 September 2018
  • Department of Health and Social Care

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News and communications

18 October 2018 — Speech

Primary care is crucial to preventing ill health

Department of Health and Social Care

1. Advice on the anticonvulsant drugs Pregabalin and Gabapentin
   • 17 October 2018
   • Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs
   • Correspondence
2. Suspended and revoked licences and registrations for manufacturers and wholesalers of medicines and ingredients
   • 17 October 2018
   • Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency
   • Decision
3. Regional allocation of adult social care winter funding
   • 17 October 2018
   • Department of Health and Social Care
   • News story
4. NHS to reuse more medical equipment
   • 17 October 2018
   • Department of Health and Social Care
   • News story

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Research and statistics

• Learning Disability Services Monthly Statistics Provisional Statistics (AT: September 2018, MHSDS July 2018 Final)
  • 18 October 2018
  • NHS Digital
  • Official statistics
• Patients Registered at a GP Practice October 2018
  • 16 October 2018
  • NHS Digital
  • Official statistics
• Estates Returns Information Collection 2017/18 [PAS]
  • 16 October 2018
  • NHS Digital
  • Official statistics
• NICE Technology Appraisals in the NHS in England (Innovation Scorecard) to March 2018
  • 11 October 2018
  • NHS Digital
  • Official statistics
• Mental Health Services Monthly Statistics: Final July, Provisional August 2018
  • 11 October 2018
  • NHS Digital
  • Official statistics

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Policy papers and consultations

• Directions for integrated care providers (ICPs) 11 October 2018

  Department of Health and Social Care

  Open consultation

  Closing date 08 December 2018

• The future of healthcare: our vision for digital, data and technology in health and care
  • 17 October 2018
  • Department of Health and Social Care
  • Policy paper
• Securing cyber resilience in health and care: October 2018 update
  • 11 October 2018
  • Department of Health and Social Care
  • Policy paper
• Kark Review: terms of reference
  • 10 October 2018
  • Department of Health and Social Care
  • Policy paper
• Framework agreement between DHSC and NHS Improvement
  • 8 October 2018
  • Department of Health and Social Care
  • Policy paper

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Transparency and freedom of information releases

• Clinical trials for medicines: authorisation assessment performance
  • 8 October 2018
  • Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency
  • Transparency
• NHS Injury Costs Recovery scheme: April 2018 to March 2019
  • 2 October 2018
  • Department of Health and Social Care
  • Transparency
• NHS Counter Fraud Authority annual report and accounts 2017 to 2018
  • 21 September 2018
  • NHS Counter Fraud Authority
  • Corporate report
• NHS foundation trust directory and register of licensed healthcare providers
  • 21 September 2018
  • Closed organisation: Monitor
  • Transparency
• Health Education England annual report and accounts: 2017 to 2018
  • 9 August 2018
  • Department of Health and Social Care and Health Education England
  • Corporate report

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

1. Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs
2. Advisory Committee on Clinical Excellence Awards
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. Environment Agency
10. Youth Justice Board for England and Wales
11. Council for Science and Technology
12. Disabled Persons Transport Advisory Committee
13. Forensic Science Regulator
14. HM Prison Service
15. National Probation Service
16. Single Source Regulations Office
17. Surveillance Camera Commissioner