Consultation responses
Consultations allow entities to understand more about the impact of certain decisions, and can also reveal the sentiment of stakeholders towards such decisions and assist entities in identifying who those stakeholders are.
Why do we respond to consultations?
The Government, Parliament, regulators and third party organisations frequently open consultations to seek the views and expert insights of stakeholders to inform decision making, as well as policy and legislation design, and to ensure that the interests of affected parties are not overlooked.
The society responds to consultations to ensure that psychology is considered as part of these processes.
The input from members to these responses is invaluable as it supports the society in its goal of ensuring that psychology and the perspectives that psychologists have to offer is embedded within laws, guidelines, policies, and decisions.
If you wish to learn more about the consultations process, please contact [email protected].
Previous consultation responses
2025
- BPS Response - First 1000 days of life
- BPS Response – Senedd Inquiry into the future of general practice in Wales
- BPS Response - Children's Wellbeing & Schools Bill
- BPS Response – Community mental health services for adults with severe mental health
- BPS Response – Welsh Parliament scrutiny of the Legislative Consent Memorandum on the Mental Health Bill
- BPS Response - Older People's Commissioner for Wales (Future Actions)
- BPS Response - Education Committee Inquiry: Solving the SEND crisis
- BPS Response – Spending Review 2025
- BPS Response - Rehabilitation and resettlement - ending the cycle of reoffending
- BPS Response - Scottish Labour Manifesto Consultation
2024
- BPS Response - Work and Pensions Committee Inquiry: Safeguarding vulnerable claimants
- BPS Response - Public Accounts Committee Inquiry: Support for children and young people with special educational needs
- BPS Response - Adult Social Care Reform: The Cost of Inaction
- BPS Response - Independent Sentencing Review
- BPS response – Curriculum and assessment review
- BPS Response – Welsh Government pre-engagement survey on the Dementia Action Plan
- BPS Response - NHS Constitution 10 year review
- BPS Response - 10 Year Health Plan
- BPS Response - Children's hearings system redesign (Scottish Government)
- BPS Response - Scottish Government AWIA updates
- BPS Response - Perinatal Workforce Action Plan
- BPS Response - 'Moving On' from Care into Adulthood (Scottish Government Consultation)
- BPS Response - Autumn Budget 2024
- BPS Response - Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill
- BPS Response - Non-fatal strangulation and suffocation offences
- BPS Response - Changes to regulations relating to the Care Quality Commission
- BPS Response - Improving non-medical help for disabled students in higher education
- BPS Response - The state of HIV and sexual health services in the UK
- BPS Response – Welsh Government draft suicide and self-harm prevention strategy
- BPS Response – Welsh Government draft mental health strategy
- BPS Response - Scottish Government consultation on restricting promotions of food and drink high in fat, sugar or salt
- BPS Response – Welsh Government Children Missing in Education Database
- BPS Response - Ending Conversion Practices in Scotland
- BPS Response - Scottish Government Learning Disabilities, Autism and Neurodivergence Bill consultation
- BPS Response - Senedd (Welsh Parliament) Inquiry into Children on the Margins
- BPS Response - Mental Health Standards of Care (Wales) Bill
- BPS Response - Department of Education Guidance for Schools and Colleges: Gender Questioning Children
- BPS Response - Imposition of community and custodial sentences
- BPS Response - HCPC English Language Proficiency
- BPS Response - NICE decision aid on making decisions about managing depression
- BPS Response – Welsh Government call for evidence on conversion therapy
2023
- BPS Response - Care & Treatment of Eating Disorders: National Specification
- BPS Response - PSA review of HCPC's performance 2023
- BPS Response – HEIW Consultation on the Perinatal Workforce in Wales
- BPS Response – UK Parliament Welsh Affairs Committee inquiry into Prisons in Wales
- BPS Response - Department for Health and Social Care interim delivery plan on MECFS
- BPS Response - Treasury Autumn Statement 2023
- BPS Response - NHSE consultation access to puberty blockers for children and adolescents
- BPS Response - Family Justice Council consultation on responding to allegations of alienating behaviour
- BPS Response - Scottish Government consultation. A Human Rights Bill for Scotland
- BPS Response – Senedd Children, Young People and Education Committee inquiry into disabled children's access to education
- BPS Response - Northern Ireland Executive Office Strategic Framework to End Violence Against Women and Girls
- BPS Response - Victims, Witnesses and Justice Reform (Scotland) Bill September 2023
- HCPC Principles for Preceptorship and Implementing Preceptorship guidance
- BPS response to the HCPC guidance on social media
- BPS response to the HCPC Consultation – Standards of conduct performance and ethics
- BPS Response - Northern Ireland Department of Health Equality Impact Assessment 2023-24
- BPS Response – Welsh Government draft guidance on school attendance
- BPS Response - Consultation on the Northern Ireland Domestic and Sexual Abuse Strategy
- BPS Response - Scottish Government National Outcomes Consultation
- BPS Response - DfE Expert Advisory Group - Maths to 18
- BPS Response - Welsh Government consultation on the draft statutory guidance on the Single Unified Safeguarding Guidance
- BPS Response - NICE consultation on stroke rehabilitation guidance
- BPS Response - Senedd Health and Social Care Committee inquiry into support services for people with chronic conditions
- BPS Response – Senedd Equality and Social Justice Committee inquiry into the public health approach to preventing gender-based violence
- BPS Response - Professional Standards Authority draft strategic plan 2023-2026
- BPS Response - NICE depression in adults draft quality standard
- BPS Response - Education Committee investigation into support for childcare and the early years
- BPS Response - Scottish Government consultation Adult Secondary Mental Health Services draft quality standards
- BPS Response - Scottish Government consultation on Delivery of Psychological Treatments and Interventions, National Specification
- BPS Response - Use of reasonable force and restrictive practices in schools
- BPS Response - Children's Social Care National Framework and Dashboard
- BPS Response - Regulating anaesthesia associates and physician associates
- BPS Response - Children's social care strategy: Stable Homes, Built on Love
2022
- BPS Response - Performance Review of the HCPC 2022-2023
- BPS Response - the HCPC Fees Consultation
- BPS Response - NHSE Interim Service Specification for CYP gender services
- BPS Response - Mental Health Bill Call for Evidence
- BPS Response - Department of Education SEND review
- BPS Response - call for evidence for the National Disability Strategy Inquiry
- BPS Response - Health and Care Committee's call for evidence on the impact of body image on physical and mental health
- BPS Response - Consultation on Banning Conversion Therapy
- BPS Response - Department for Health and Social Care's Inquiry into Acquired Brain Injury
- BPS submission to the All Party Parliamentary Group on HIV and AIDS call for evidence on quality of life and HIV
- BPS Response - Revised Behaviour in Schools Guidance and Suspension and Permanent Exclusion Guidance
- BPS Response - DHSC consultation on Healthcare Regulation: deciding when statutory regulation is appropriate
- BPS Response - NICE Depression Guidance
- BPS Briefing on the Acquired Brian Injury Bill
- BPS Written Evidence - Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill
- Health and Social Care Select Committee Submission - Workforce: Recruitment, Training and Retention in Health and Social Care
2021
- BPS Response - Violence Against Women and Girls Strategy 2021-2024
- BPS Response - Health and Social Care Committee consultation on Children and Young People's Mental Health
- BPS Response - Work and Pensions Committee consultation on Children in poverty: Measurement and targets
- BPS Response - Strategy for an ageing society: age friendly Wales
- BPS Response - Treasury Spending Review 2021
- BPS Response - Draft Early Years Foundation Stage statutory framework and draft statutory instrument
- BPS Response - DoHNI consultation on the Mental Health Strategy 2021-2031
- BPS Response - Scottish Government Draft Public Engagement Strategy for Climate Change
- BPS Response - (NICE) Babies, children and young people's experience of healthcare
- BPS Response - Department of Health and Social Care Reforming the Mental Health Act
- BPS Response - DHSC consultation on Regulating Healthcare Professions
- BPS Response - NICE Consultation on Looked After Children guidelines
- BPS Response - Psychological services via the internet and other non-direct means: recommendations for ethical practice
- BPS Response - Independent Children's Social Care Review Team
2020
- BPS Response to the Independent review of Medical Experts in the Family Courts
- BPS response to the CQC Review on Restraint, Seclusion and Segregation
- BPS response to the (Children and Young People's Mental Health Coalition) CYPMHC members' report - Call for evidence
- BPS response to the (YoungMinds) Early Intervention Review - Call for Evidence
- BPS Response - House of Commons Commission Independent Complaints Process
- BPS response to the (NHS England) Psychological Professions Vision for England 2019-24
- BPS response to the Welsh Government consultation on managing the transition from children's to adults' healthcare services
- BPS Response - CYPEC scrutiny of Covid-19 and its impact on children and young people
- BPS Response - Scottish Government Mental Health Law Review
- BPS Response - APPG Inquiry HIV and Covid-19
- BPS Response - Impact of Covid-19 on Health and Social Care in Wales
- BPS Response - Protecting participants in TV and radio programmes: Further consultation on new broadcasting rules
- BPS Response - House of Lords Covid-19 Committee - Long-Term Implications of the Pandemic
- BPS response to (NICE) Fetal Alcohol Syndrome consultation
- BPS response to the BSI consultation on psychological health and safety at work - managing psychosocial risks
- BPS response to the Early Years Healthy Development Review: call for evidence
- BPS response to (HCPC) Standards of Proficiency
- BPS response to (Covid-19 Committee) Inquiry on the impact of digitalisation
- BPS Response - NICE consultation on Management of Long-Term Effects of Covid-19
2019
- BPS response to the (NICE) consultation on Looked-after children and young people
- BPS response to the (Scottish Government) Neurological conditions national action plan 2019-2024 draft
- BPS response to the Older People's Commissioner for Wales
- BPS response to the (NICE) consultation on Dementia (Update) Draft Quality Standard
- BPS Response to the (NICE) Service model for people with learning disabilities and challenging behaviour
- BPS response to the Women and Equalities Committee inquiry into the Mental Health of Men and Boys
- BPS response to the Health and Social Care Committee Drug Policy Inquiry
- BPS response to the (Scottish Government) Good Food Nation consultation
- BPS response to the (Ofsted) consultation on Education Inspection Framework 2019
- BPS Response - APPG Inquiry into HIV and Mental Health
- BPS response to the Department of Health and Social Care consultation on Learning Disability and Autism Training for Health and Care Staff
- BPS response to the (Welsh Government) Healthy Weight: Healthy Wales consultation
- BPS Response to the response to the Social Security Advisory Committee Inquiry on the Claimant Commitment
- BPS Response to the (Skills for Health) Apprenticeship Standard for Clinical Associate Psychologist
- BPS Response to the (NICE) Suicide Prevention Consultation
- BPS Response to the Home Office Review of Drugs
- BPS Response to the Cabinet Office Procurement Consultation
- BPS Response to the Liaison Committee Inquiry Into The Effectiveness and Influence of the Select Committee System
- BPS response to the (Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee) Reality TV: Call for Evidence
- BPS Response to the Online Harms White Paper
- BPS Response to the Character and Resilience: Call for Evidence
- BPS response to the Scottish Government consultation on a new National Public Health body
- BPS response to the "Together for Mental Health" delivery plan 2019-2022
- BPS Response to the NICE Mental Wellbeing at Work consultation
- BPS Response to the Ofcom Protecting Participants in TV and Radio programmes consultation
- BPS Response to the Health and Social Care Board: Regional Trauma Network consultation
- BPS Response to the GEO Consultation on Sexual Harassment in the Workplace
- BPS response to the DWP Health is Everyone's Business consultation
- BPS response to the DHSC Advancing Our Health: Prevention in the 2020s consultation
- BPS Response to the DEFRA National Food Strategy Call for Evidence
- BPS Response to the (NHS Scotland) Independent review of Learning Disability and Autism in the Mental Health Act
- BPS Response to the (NICE) Consultation on Decision-Making and Mental Capacity