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Response to the CQC consultation on ‘Better regulation, better care’
11/12/2025

Consultation by: Care Quality Commission

Healthwatch Birmingham and Solihull responded to the CQC’s consultation on proposed changes to how health and social care providers are assessed and rated.

By Healthwatch Birmingham & Solihull
Consultations 2025

Response to the Department of Health and Social Care consultation on enabling pharmacist flexibilities when dispensing medicines
05/12/2025

Consultation by: Department of Health and Social Care

Healthwatch Birmingham and Solihull responded to this consultation on proposals to enable pharmacists to make substitutions when a prescribed medicine is unavailable.

 

By Healthwatch Birmingham & Solihull
Consultations 2025

Response to the Department of Health and Social Care consultation on extending medicines for optometrists and contact lens opticians
26/11/2025

Consultation by: Department of Health and Social Care

Healthwatch Birmingham and Solihull responded to this online survey on proposals to extend the range of medicines optometrists and contact lens opticians can supply.

By Healthwatch Birmingham & Solihull
Consultations 2025

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