Health and Care Services Bill – Overarching Policy Principals

Closed 7 Oct 2024

Opened 29 Jul 2024

Feedback updated 7 Jan 2025

We asked

The Health and Care Services Bill will amalgamate and modernise existing primary legislation underpinning health and care services. The purpose of the consultation by the Department of Health and Social Care was to inform the public about work undertaken to date and hear your views about how to make our health and care system better.

You said

There were 240 responses, received online and through the post. Responses were largely supportive of the work undertaken to date and can be seen below.

We did

The Department is grateful to all those who took time to respond to the consultation. The results will be considered and used to inform the policy principles which will underpin the Health and Care Services Bill.

Next Steps

The Department continues to work on policy development for the Health and Care Services Bill. Further public consultation will be published mid-2025 with a focus on specific issues relating to delivery of health and care services. Example topics include community healthcare provision and social care assessment frameworks.

Results updated 7 Jan 2025

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Overview

The Health and Care Services Bill is being developed in response to Recommendation 8 of the Sir Jonathan Michael Independent Review of Health and Care Services on the Isle of Man. The Bill intends to amalgamate and modernise the existing primary legislation which underpins health and care services, in order to support delivery of a modern, integrated and fit for purpose health and care system. The development of the Bill has been split in to five phases. This consultation relates to Phase 1 – Overarching Policy Principals. We want to tell you about the work that has gone on to date, and hear your views about our ideas to make things better.

Why your views matter

Health and care services impact all members of the Island’s community. We want to make sure that the Health and Care Services Bill is right for you and the people you care about. Providing your views during the policy development stage will help us to ensure that the Bill – and crucially, the provision of services that it will underpin – matches your views and priorities.

Reasonable adjustments and alternative formats

The Department is committed to equal opportunities and our aim is to make our documents easy to use and accessible to all.

We will take steps to accommodate any reasonable adjustments and provide such assistance as you may reasonably require to enable you to access or reply to this consultation.

If you would like to receive this document as a paper copy, in another format or need assistance with accessing or replying to this consultation, please email Grace.Phillips2@gov.im

Responding to this consultation and questions

You can respond to this consultation online by clicking on the 'Online Survey' link below.

Areas

  • All Areas

Audiences

  • All residents

Interests

  • Legislation
  • Social Care
  • Health