Consultations

NICE: The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) recently opened its consultation (closes on Friday 9 September 2011) on the programme manual outlining the proposed process & methods for its Diagnostics Assessment Programme.  This new area of work was established by NICE in 2009, to focus specifically on the evaluation of innovative medical diagnostic technologies.
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HO:  Proposals to strengthen the police & probation services' ability to protect the public & manage registered sex offenders in local communities have been published by the Government. 

They are intended to ensure that sex offenders currently required to register with the police for life will have to wait 15 years following their release from prison before they can apply to be considered for removal from the register (this period will be 8 years for juveniles).  Consultation closes on 8 Aug 2011 and are expected to come in to force by early 2012.
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