Smoking ban
Policy Consultation 21 October 2004
Comment from the Royal College of Nursing and the Health Development Agency.
Children's health
Policy Consultation 16 September 2004
Comment from the Department of Health, the Health Development Agency, the Royal College of Nursing and the Commission for Social Care Inspection.
GP out-of-hours services
Policy Consultation 9 August 2004
Comment from the Liberal Democrats, the NHS Confederation and the Royal College of Nursing.
Forum Brief: Smoking
Policy Consultation 14 May 2004
Comment from the Royal College of Nursing and the Stroke Association
Forum Brief: Overseas nurses
Policy Consultation 11 May 2004
Comments from the Conservatives and the Royal College of Nursing
Forum Brief: Nurse prescribing powers
Policy Consultation 14 April 2004
Comment from the Department of Health, the Royal College of Nursing and the Nursing and Midwifery Council
Forum Brief: Children's Bill
Policy Consultation 4 March 2004
Comments from the Royal College of Nursing, the National Union of Teachers, the General Social Care Council, the National Care Standards Commission and the British Youth Council and responses from the Department for Education and Skills, the Department of Health and the Liberal Democrats.
Forum Brief: Queen's Speech - Mental health
Policy Consultation 26 November 2003
Health secretary John Reid has said that while the Mental Health Bill was not included in the Queen's Speech, a draft bill will be put before MPs "as soon as possible".
Forum Brief: Queen's Speech - Other bills
Policy Consultation 26 November 2003
Forum members comment on the government's legislative proposals on a range of topics.
Forum Brief: Queen's Speech - Draft Disability Bill
Policy Consultation 26 November 2003
A draft bill will also be published responding to a review of the law relating to disabilities.
Forum Brief: Queen's Speech - Tuition fees
Policy Consultation 26 November 2003
Controversial plans to increase student tuition fees have been unveiled in the Queen's Speech.
Nursing leaders condemn UK shortages
News Article 19 September 2003
Nurses' leaders have condemned the shortage of staff across the country.
Forum Brief: Hospitals rebellion
Policy Consultation 9 July 2003
The government has suffered a significant rebellion over controversial plans to establish foundation hospitals.
Forum Brief: Caesarean sections
Policy Consultation 18 June 2003
A committee of MPs has blamed a shortage of midwives for an increase in the number of births through caesarean section.
Forum Brief: NHS targets
Policy Consultation 5 June 2003
Labour's health policy could crumple under a culture of targets and centralised bureaucracy, the Audit Commission has warned.
