Consultations

DfE: Children’s Minister Sarah Teather has unveiled proposals for the reform of the education & health support for children with special educational needs (SEN) & disabilitiesOfsted and others suggest that too many children are being over-identified as SEN, which prevents them from achieving their potential because teachers have lower expectations of them. The consultation closes on 30 June 2011.
Press release ~ SEN and disabilities Green Paper consultation ~ LGA response to Green paper
 
DCMS: Plans for temporary restrictions to advertising and trading in open spaces directly around the competition venues during the Olympic and Paralympic Games have been published for consultation (closes on 13 May 2011). Advertisers & traders are being asked for their views on the temporary measures. It is a requirement of the International Olympic Committee host city contract that measures are in place to prevent ambush marketing and unauthorised trading at Games time.
Press release ~ Consultation on the regulations on advertising activity and trading around London 2012
 
NICE: The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) has opened a consultation on its draft medical technology guidance on the use of a test to rule out myocardial infarction (heart attack) in patients who have acute chest pain.  The consultation closes on 4 April 2011. Final guidance on the BRAHMS copeptin assay is expected to be published in June 2011.
Press release ~ BRAHMS Copeptin assay: consultation ~ BRAHMS Copeptin assay
 
OFT: The OFT has launched a consultation (closes on 11 June 2011) on its updated Debt Collection Guidance, which sets out specific business practices that the OFT considers to be unfair, such as creditors failing to update records or credit reference agency data, where it has been established that an individual is not the debtor, or the debt has already been paid.
Press release and related links
 
SocitmSocitm is inviting stakeholders from across the public, private and civil society sectors to collaborate in the development of the Routemap for Local Public Services reform - enabled by ICT. Public consultation on the draft runs until Monday 4 April 2011, while the Routemap itself will be launched at the Socitm Spring conference on 11 May 2011.
 
The Routemap aims to translate relevant strands of Government ICT strategy into practical actions by local CIOs to support public service reform and re-design in their areas. It will provide a practical, 'pan-local' approach to ICT-enabled public service reform that will cover local authorities, health services, blue light services, transport authorities, housing associations, educational institutions, civil society organisations and local arms of central government delivery organisations.
Press release ~ Online consultation
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