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Proposal to make a permanent order to prevent new patients aged under 18 from beginning to take puberty blockers for the purposes of gender incongruence and/or gender dysphoria, under the care of private prescribers.
Introduction Gender incongruence and/or gender dysphoria are conditions…
Introduction The general equality duty that is set out in the Equality Act…
Background On 20 August 2024, a targeted consultation was issued on…
Update on the potential impact of the introduction of restricting promotions of products high in fat, salt or sugar by volume price.
The government is seeking views on its plans to restrict promotions of food and drink products high in fat, sugar and salt (HFSS) by location and by price.
In July 2021, we published a full impact assessment as part of the…
Introduction This paper examines the impact of the policy to restrict…
This consultation seeks views on draft secondary legislation to provide an explicit exemption for brand advertising from the advertising restrictions for less healthy food or drink on TV and online.
The government is seeking views on the proposed ban on the sale of high-caffeine energy drinks to children under the age of 16 years in England.
Call for evidence seeking views from individuals, professionals and organisations about children’s hearing services (paediatric audiology) in England.
Factsheet providing more information on the Commission on Human Medicines' independent report on the safety implications of proposed puberty blocker legislation.
We want to know what you think about whether Healthy Start should be given to families with no recourse to public funds.
Government has formulated final policy for introducing advertising restrictions for HFSS products on TV and online and is now seeking your views on the draft regulations that accompany primary legislation.
Seeks views on whether eligibility for Healthy Start should be extended to include others who are prevented from accessing public funds due to immigration controls.
We are seeking scientific comments on SACN’s draft report ‘Feeding young children aged 1 to 5 years’.
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
Sets out the government's progress in implementing the Early Years Healthy Development Review report 'The best start for life: a vision for the 1,001 critical days'.
First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government
We're seeking views from businesses and enforcement bodies about how best to enforce the restriction of promoted products high in fat, sugar and salt (HFSS).
We want your views on our proposal for a total online advertising restriction for HFSS products to reduce the amount of HFSS advertising children are exposed to online.
We want your views on reducing children's exposure to advertising for products that are high in fat, salt and sugar (HFSS) on TV and online.
First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government
Share your evidence to help inform a new review into improving health and development outcomes of babies and young children in England.
Command paper responding to the Health and Social Care Select Committee report on 'First 1000 days of life'.
Setting out how the policies in chapters 1 and 2 of the government’s childhood obesity plan could work together.
The government is seeking views on whether the sale of energy drinks to children should be stopped.
This green paper sets out the ambition that children and young people who need help for their mental health are able to get it when they need it.
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