Consultations summary

HealthWatch has responded to the following consultations:

Consultation	Due	Submitted	Outcome
PSA consultation on the future of the Accredited Registers programme	18/02/2021	14/02/2021	Awaited
UK National Screening Committee: public involvement	13/12/2020	05/12/2020	Awaited
NICE: update of guidelines for elective caesarean section	26/11/2020	28/11/2020	Awaited
Proposed changes to food labelling	21/10/2020	07/08/2020	Awaited
NICE: prevention of fetal alcohol syndrome	18/09/2020	18/09/2020	Awaited
DHSC: proposed changes to the Human Medicine Regulations to help with the safe and efficient distribution of a COVID-19 vaccine, etc.	18/09/2020	18/09/2020	Draft Statutory Instrument written October 2020
NICE: management of chronic pain	14/09/2020	07/09/2020	Awaited
Competition and Markets Authority: IVF clinics	12/05/2020	06/05/2020	Final report and guidance issued 10th June 2021
DHSC: storage of embryos, eggs and sperm	05/05/2020	05/05/2020	The government had already decided that storage limits should be extended from ten years to twelve. It is unclear if any further change has been made to the regulations following this consultation.
Select Committee on Health & Social Care: NHS services during the pandemic	27/04/2020	25/04/2020	Report published 1 October 2020. No mention of breast cancer screening or AgeX.
MHRA Relationship with the public	07/10/2019	30/08/2019	Unknown – report delayed by Covid-19
European Medicines Agency Regulatory Science to 2025 (June 2019)	30/06/2019	28/06/2019	Report of strategy published March 2020. The EMA clearly had its own agenda and much of what is in the report reflects this. There is some mention of medical device regulation, e.g. where the report says that they wish to "[c]reate a process to consult medical device authorities and/or notified bodies (as applicable) for device-related aspects throughout the product lifecycle, including post-authorisation safety related events".
NHS England Implementing the Long-Term NHS Plan: Proposals for Possible Changes to Legislation	25/04/2019	N/A	Awaited. No date of publication of outcome mentioned on website but there is an invitation to sign up for updates.
Cancer screening review (Richards)	18/04/2019	18/04/2019	Interim report published May 2019. No mention of concerns about breast cancer screening or the shortcomings of the AgeX Trial.
Research integrity concordat	05/04/2019	05/04/2019	Awaited. Email sent to their office on 7th September 2019 asking for an update.
NICE consultation on shared decision-making	09/02/2021	09/02/2021	New guideline published 17/06/2021.
DHSC consultation on the appointment of Patient Safety Commissioner	05/08/2021	03/08/2021	Awaited.

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