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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…
Factsheet providing more information on the Commission on Human Medicines' independent report on the safety implications of proposed puberty blocker legislation.
The government has published this factsheet to coincide with the…
The government is making changes to the rules about making your own decisions. We are updating the Mental Capacity Act Code of Practice and considering a new system of safeguards – the Liberty Protection Safeguards.
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
This consultation seeks views on proposed changes to the Mental Capacity Act 2005 Code of Practice and implementation of the Liberty Protection Safeguards.
The government's response to the Health and Social Care Committee report: Children and young people’s mental health.
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.
First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government
Government response to the joint report of the Education and Health and Social Care Committees on 'Transforming children and young people's mental health provision: a green paper'.
Government response to the Education Committee's report on the mental health and wellbeing of looked-after children.
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) and NatCen Social Research have been commissioned by the Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC) to carry out the Survey of the Mental Health of Children and Young People (M…
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