Closed consultation

Oliver McGowan draft code of practice

• From: Department of Health and Social Care
• Published: 27 June 2023
• Last updated: 4 September 2023 — See all updates

This was published under the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government

Applies to England

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Summary

This consultation considers the draft code and if it gives CQC registered providers the guidance needed to meet the legislative requirement to ensure all staff receive learning disability and autism training appropriate to their role.

This consultation ran from
2pm on 27 June 2023 to 11:59pm on 19 September 2023

Consultation description

This consultation considers the extent to which the Oliver McGowan code of practice on statutory learning disability and autism training (the code) provides Care Quality Commission (CQC) registered providers with the necessary guidance to meet the legislative requirement introduced by section 181 of the Health and Care Act 2022. The effect of the new requirement is that CQC-registered providers must ensure their staff receive learning disability and autism training appropriate to their role.

The views and feedback gathered from this consultation will inform the final version of the code to be laid in Parliament. We are seeking your views on the draft code and its provisions.

This consultation will run for a period of 12 weeks and is open to anyone with an interest in the draft code.

You can respond:

• as an individual
• on behalf of someone else
• on behalf of an organisation

If you have any queries on this consultation or require an alternative format, email ndld.consultation@dhsc.gov.uk.

There is also an easy read version of this consultation, which is open until 16 October 2023.

Documents

Oliver McGowan draft code of practice on statutory learning disability and autism training

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Published 27 June 2023
Last updated 4 September 2023 + show all updates

1. 4 September 2023

   Added link to easy read version of consultation.

2. 27 June 2023

   First published.