Health policy consultations

Our response to a wide range of health policy consultations ensures that the College's position, and ultimately children's health, is represented.

We want to hear from you! Members can get involved in current consultations by contacting the health policy team. 

• Revised safeguarding statutory guidance issued by DfE

View our response (PDF, 155KB, 15 pages)

• DH consultation on the draft mandate to the NHS Commissioning Board

View our response (PDF, 66KB, 3 pages)

August 2012

• Standardised packaging of tobacco products

View our response (PDF, 90KB, 4 pages)

• Department of Health Front of Pack Nutrition Labelling Consultation

View our reponse (PDF, 90KB, 6 pages)

Older consultation responses

• The RCPCH has responded  (PDF, 37KB, 3 pages) to the National Quality Committee's first Annual Data Quality Report.

• The RCPCH has responded (PDF, 25KB, 3 pages) to a DH consultation on the draft Joint Strategic Needs Assessment and joint health and wellbeing strategy guidance. (February 2012)

• The RCPCH has responded (PDF, 960KB, 44 pages) to the consultation on the draft for Good Medical Practice, the GMC’s guidance for all doctors. (February 2012)

• The College has responded to a Health Committee consultation on education, training and workforce planning (PDF, 64KB, 5 pages) December 2011

• The College has responded to consultations from both the Royal College of General Practitioners(PDF, 262KB, 5 pages) and the NHS Future Forum(PDF, 29KB, 10 pages) on the issue of integrated care (November 2011)

• The College has responded(PDF, 245KB, 3 pages) to the Cabinet Office’s call for evidence on the government’s recent Social Mobility and Child Poverty strategies. The questions and context to the reviews can be read here.

• RCPCH response to consultation Preventing Suicide in England: A cross government outcomes strategy to save lives (PDF, 126KB, 6 pages)

• Ofsted have consulted on new inspection arrangments for children’s services focussing on safeguarding and looked after children.  The inspections will be unannounced and cover multi-agency working. RCPCH responded(PDF, 26KB, 4 pages), September 2011, with significant concerns about how effective inspection will be delivered in practice in the light of NHS reforms and an increasingly diverse range of providers.  

• RCPCH response to Establishing a new office of the Children's Commissioner for England (OCCE): consultation for legislative proposals (PDF, 34KB, 5 pages) September 2011

• RCPCH response(PDF, 13KB, 3 pages) to the consultation (PDF, 439KB, 63 pages) on the proposal by the European Commission for a regulation of the European parliament and of the Council on foods intended for infants and young children and on food for special medical purpose (September 2011)

• 'Positive for Youth' - The Department for Education is leading on a cross-government strategy for young people and consulted informally during summer 2011 on its early proposals. RCPCH responded(PDF, 129KB, 6 pages) to the health work stream of the with the attached briefing and the Health Policy team is continuing to liaise with Department of Health and Department for Education colleagues as the strategy is developed and implemented.

• RCPCH to Consultation on a Revised Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) - Department for Education (PDF, 127KB, 5 pages) September 2011

• RCPCH Response Modernising the Professional Qualifications Directives - European Commission Green Paper (MS Doc, 27KB, 1 page) September 2011
  RCPCH response to the Home Office: UK border agency consultation on employment-related settlement, tier 5 and overseas domestic workers (PDF, 23KB, 3 pages) September 2011
• RCPCH response to the core purpose of Sure Start Children's Centres (PDF, 17KB, 2 pages) August 2011
• RCPCH response to the 'Safe and Sustainable' cardic surgery review (PDF, 325KB, 2 pages) June 2011
• RCPCH response to Health Select Committee inquiry into public health (PDF, 242KB, 5 pages) June 2011
• RCPCH response to the SEN and Disability Green Paper (PDF, 264KB, 8 pages) June 2011
• RCPCH response to the RCGP consultation on 'generalism' (PDF, 29KB, 3 pages) June 2011 
• RCPCH response to Academy of Medical Royal Colleges' 'The benefits of consultant delivered healthcare' (PDF, 254KB, 5 pages) May 2011 
• RCPCH response to GMC review of Good Medical Practice (PDF, 467KB, 14 pages)
• RCPCH response to Liberating the NHS: Developing the Healthcare Workforce (PDF, 298KB, 15 pages)
• RCPCH response to Healthy Lives Healthy People overall(PDF, 250KB, 5 pages)
• RCPCH response to Healthy Lives, Healthy People; proposals for a public health outcomes framework (PDF, 235KB, 4 pages)
• RCPCH response to Healthy Lives, Healthy People; commissioning and funding(PDF, 238KB, 4 pages)
• RCPCH Response to DH Achieving Equity and Excellence for Children(MS Doc, 297KB, 15 pages)
• RCPCH response to DH White Paper Liberating the NHS (MS Doc, 378KB, 4 pages)
• RCPCH response to DH White Paper (PDF, 80KB, 4 pages) October 2010 - this is the overall repsonse to the recent DH Equity and Excellence White Paper.
• RCPCH response to DH Outcomes Framework consultation  (MS Doc, 239KB, 17 pages) October 2010 - this is the specific response to the Outcome Framework, as part of the Equity and Excellence White Paper
• RCPCH response to DH Commissioning consultation (PDF, 88KB, 6 pages) October 2010 - this is the specific response to the Commissioning consultation, as part of the Equity and Excellence White Paper
• RCPCH response to Local Democratic Legitimacy in Health consultation (PDF, 79KB, 4 pages) October 2010 - this is the specific response to the Democratic Legitimacy consultation, as part of the Equity and Excellence White Paper
• RCPCH response to DH Regulating Healthcare Providers consultation (PDF, 79KB, 4 pages) October 2010 - this is the specific response to the Regulating providers consultation, as part of the Equity and Excellence White Paper
• RCPCH Submission to Health Select Committee Inquiry into Commissioning (PDF, 69KB, 2 pages) October 2010

For all our latest policy updates, visit the Health Policy page

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