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Services

• Search Public Guardian registers

  Form to find out if someone has an attorney or deputy acting for them.

• Childcare and children's social care health declaration form

  Health declaration form for childminders and people who work in childcare or children's social care.

• Form D89: Request for personal service by a court bailiff

  Ask a court bailiff to hand-deliver papers to the respondent in family proceedings for you.

• Tell Ofsted about an incident: children's social care notification form

  Online form for adoption or fostering agencies, children's homes and residential family centres. Downloadable form for residential holiday schemes for disabled children.

• Registration of residential care homes (England)

  You need to register with the Care Quality Commission (CQC) to run a residential care home for adults in England

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Guidance and regulation

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

  Guidance

  11 May 2018

  Department of Health and Social Care

• Ofsted safeguarding policy

  Guidance

  8 March 2018

  Ofsted

• Code of practice: Mental Health Act 1983

  Statutory guidance

  31 October 2017

  Department of Health and Social Care

• Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards forms and guidance
  • Guidance
  • 25 January 2018
  • Department of Health and Social Care
• Code of conduct for data-driven health and care technology
  • Guidance
  • 5 September 2018
  • Department of Health and Social Care

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News and communications

One month until UK hosts Global Ministerial Mental Health Summit

17 September 2018

Department of Health and Social Care

News story

1. Local area SEND inspection outcome letters
   • 12 September 2018
   • Ofsted and Care Quality Commission
   • Correspondence
2. Consultation announced to improve learning disabilities staff training
   • 12 September 2018
   • Department of Health and Social Care
   • News story
3. Current and future state of nation’s health revealed
   • 11 September 2018
   • Public Health England
   • Press release
4. An NHS we love to work for
   • 10 September 2018
   • Department of Health and Social Care
   • Speech

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Research and statistics

• Joint inspections of the response to children experiencing neglect
  • 19 September 2018
  • Ofsted, Care Quality Commission, HM Inspectorate of Probation, and HM Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services
  • Research
• Children’s homes inspections and outcomes: management information
  • 18 September 2018
  • Ofsted
  • Statistical data set
• UK armed forces mental health annual statistics: financial year 2016/17
  • 21 June 2018
  • Ministry of Defence
  • Official statistics
• Tuberculosis (TB): regional and devolved administration reports
  • 1 June 2018
  • Public Health England
  • Research
• Welfare and duty of care in Armed Forces initial training
  • 21 May 2018
  • Ofsted
  • Research

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Policy and engagement

• Transforming children and young people’s mental health provision: a green paper 25 July 2018

  Department for Education and Department of Health and Social Care

  Consultation outcome

  Date closed 02 March 2018

• Carers strategy: call for evidence 5 June 2018

  Department of Health and Social Care

  Consultation outcome

  Date closed 31 July 2016

• Government response to the Health and Social Care Committee’s report on integrated care
  • 5 September 2018
  • Department of Health and Social Care
  • Policy paper
• Think Autism strategy: governance refresh 2018
  • 25 July 2018
  • Department of Health and Social Care
  • Policy paper
• Response to the select committee report on the children and young people's mental health green paper
  • 25 July 2018
  • Department for Education and Department of Health and Social Care
  • Policy paper

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Transparency

• FOI: Social care dataset as at 31 March 2018
  • 11 September 2018
  • Ofsted
  • Foi release
• Ofsted corporate annual reports and accounts
  • 16 July 2018
  • Ofsted
  • Corporate report
• Memorandum of understanding between Ofsted and DfE: secure children's homes
  • 4 April 2018
  • Ofsted
  • Corporate report
• National Data Guardian Panel meeting minutes, 2017
  • 11 February 2018
  • National Data Guardian
  • Corporate report
• Ofsted Board meetings 2017: papers and minutes
  • 26 January 2018
  • Ofsted
  • Corporate report

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Organisations

1. Department of Health & Social Care
2. Department for Education
3. Department for Work & Pensions
4. Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street
5. Public Health England

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1. Foreign & Commonwealth Office
2. Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
3. Home Office
4. Ministry of Defence
5. Cabinet Office
6. HM Treasury
7. National Information Board
8. Ministry of Justice
9. National Data Guardian
10. Accelerated Access Review
11. HM Courts & Tribunals Service
12. Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
13. Her Majesty’s Prison & Probation Service
14. Civil Nuclear Constabulary
15. Civil Nuclear Police Authority
16. Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
17. Department for Environment Food & Rural Affairs
18. Government Equalities Office
19. Department for International Development
20. Department for International Trade
21. Northern Ireland Office
22. Office of the Secretary of State for Wales Swyddfa Ysgrifennydd Gwladol Cymru
23. HM Revenue & Customs
24. Office of the Public Guardian
25. Central Arbitration Committee
26. Government Actuary's Department
27. Intellectual Property Office
28. Medicines & Healthcare products Regulatory Agency
29. Office of the Leader of the House of Commons
30. Tribunal Procedure Committee
31. Academy for Social Justice Commissioning
32. Attorney General's Office
33. Certification Officer
34. Civil Service
35. Companies House
36. Department for Transport
37. Disclosure & Barring Service
38. Driver & Vehicle Licensing Agency
39. Government Digital Service
40. Government Office for Science
41. Marine Management Organisation
42. Office for Civil Society
43. Office of the Secretary of State for Scotland
44. Open Public Services
45. Planning Inspectorate
46. UK Export Finance
47. UK Visas and Immigration

1. Ofsted
2. Innovate UK
3. The Charity Commission
4. Office for Life Sciences
5. Youth Justice Board for England and Wales
6. Healthcare UK
7. Military Aviation Authority
8. Office of the Regulator of Community Interest Companies
9. Marine Accident Investigation Branch
10. Sellafield Ltd
11. Social Security Advisory Committee
12. Disabled Persons Transport Advisory Committee
13. Forestry Commission
14. Government Chemist
15. HM Prison Service
16. Industrial Injuries Advisory Council
17. Natural England
18. Single Source Regulations Office
19. Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committees
20. Veterans UK