Guidance

Licensing decisions: Procedures and guidance for licensing hearings

Guidance to assist Directors or the Regulatory Panel to carry out their licensing functions in accordance with our policies and procedures and to comply with the law.

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Published
16 May 2022

Last updated
28 June 2021 - Changes

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Contents

• Licensing decisions: Procedures and guidance for licensing hearings

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• 1 - Introduction
• • The purpose of this guidance
  • Scheme of delegations
  • Referral of case to a licensing hearing
  • The legal framework for decision making
  • Conflicts of interest
• 2 - Preparing for the hearing
• • Introduction
  • Documentary and other evidence
  • Case management hearings
• 3 - The hearing
• 4 - The Decision making process for determining licence applications
• • Determining the facts
  • Deciding whether to grant or refuse the application (in whole or in part)

1 - Treatment and support

Summary of findings – Treatment and Support

Strengths

• increased involvement of people with lived experience
• some limited expansion of treatment and support in new areas
• increased momentum in primary care involvement alongside whole systems approaches.

Weaknesses

• the evidence base for treatment is developing but incomplete
• lack of agreed screening interventions to identify those at risk
• limited evidence of interventions to monitor and support ongoing recovery
• services are not well integrated
• clarification of referral pathways still required
• limited data on who needs treatment and support
• lack of progress on independent quality assurance
• evidence of poor follow up support emerging
• low take up of treatment and lack of awareness of support available.

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Last updated: 28 June 2021

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