Policy papers and consultations

Impact assessment relating to the Tobacco and Vapes Bill.

• From: Department of Health and Social Care
• Updated: 20 March 2024

These factsheets provide more information about the Tobacco and Vapes Bill which was introduced in the House of Commons on 20 March 2024.

• From: Department of Health and Social Care
• Updated: 20 March 2024

• Tobacco and Vapes Bill: smokefree generation factsheet

  The Tobacco and Vapes Bill will create the first ever smokefree generation…

• Tobacco and Vapes Bill: vapes and other nicotine products factsheet

  The government will reduce the appeal and availability of vapes to…

• Tobacco and Vapes Bill: enforcement factsheet

  The government has announced several measures to strengthen the…

The third action plan setting out how the Department of Health and Social Care and delivery partners will implement the UK Rare Diseases Framework in England.

• From: Department of Health and Social Care
• Updated: 29 February 2024

• England Rare Diseases Action Plan 2024: main report

  Ministerial foreword In 2021 we published the UK Rare Diseases Framework,…

• England Rare Diseases Action Plan 2024: annexes

  Annex A: progress against actions in England’s 2022 Rare Diseases Action…

A consultation on the proposed actions the UK Government and devolved administrations will take to tackle smoking and youth vaping.

• From: Department of Health (Northern Ireland) and 3 others
• Updated: 12 February 2024

We are seeking views on proposed changes in relation to nutrition labelling, composition and standards (NLCS) retained EU law.

• From: Office for Health Improvement and Disparities
• Updated: 6 February 2024

This consultation collected views on expanding the use of naloxone. It ran for 8 weeks and was open to all interested individuals and organisations.

• From: Department of Health and Social Care
• Updated: 24 January 2024

The UK Government is consulting on proposed legislative amendments to widen access to take-home supplies of naloxone, without a prescription.

• From: Department of Health (Northern Ireland) and 3 others
• Updated: 24 January 2024

The Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) seeks to gather insight into current government-led drug prevention policies and landscape across the UK.

• From: Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs and 1 others
• Updated: 5 January 2024

The Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs call for evidence, collecting written evidence to better understand internet-facilitated drug markets (IFDMs).

• From: Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs and 1 others
• Updated: 20 December 2023

This command paper sets out the proposed actions the government will take to tackle smoking and youth vaping.

• From: Department of Health and Social Care
• Updated: 8 November 2023

This is a consultation seeking your views on the draft of the first ever UK clinical guidelines for alcohol treatment.

• From: Office for Health Improvement and Disparities
• Updated: 16 October 2023

A call for evidence seeking information on a range of themes about children and vaping (using an e-cigarette) to inform evidence-based policy decisions.

• From: Office for Health Improvement and Disparities
• Updated: 4 October 2023

A consultation seeking your views on potential changes to the government’s guidance on low-alcohol descriptors.

• From: Office for Health Improvement and Disparities
• Updated: 28 September 2023

The ACMD will use your response to help them formulate advice to government about drug use in ethnic minority groups.

• From: Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs and 1 others
• Updated: 21 September 2023

We are seeking views to enable us to determine legitimate uses of nitrous oxide.

• From: Home Office
• Updated: 5 September 2023

Ahead of the government's forthcoming major conditions strategy, this report sets out our approach to tackling the groups of conditions that drive ill health in England.

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

A consultation seeking your views on the UK mandating quit information messages inside tobacco packets.

• From: Office for Health Improvement and Disparities
• Updated: 14 August 2023

This call for evidence will help to inform the deliberations of the Older People’s Housing Taskforce.

• From: Department of Health and Social Care
• Updated: 24 July 2023

The second action plan setting out how the Department of Health and Social Care and delivery partners will implement the UK Rare Diseases Framework in England.

• From: Department of Health and Social Care
• Updated: 10 July 2023

We are seeking scientific comments on SACN’s draft report ‘Feeding young children aged 1 to 5 years’.

• From: Office for Health Improvement and Disparities
• Updated: 4 July 2023