Consultation Guide

When developing/reviewing a document, thorough consultation is a fundamental requirement before it can be considered for publication on the Policy Hub. Consultation ensures all relevant colleagues and stakeholders have had the opportunity to review the content and if necessary, submit comments to the author for their consideration. Colleagues from both acute and community services must be consulted, unless the document scope is specific to practice at hospital sites or in the community only.  

Consultation Steps 

Section 2: Scope

When completing Section 2 of your document, please consider who you need to include. This has a direct impact on who should be consulted on the content. If a colleague or service is mentioned in Section 2, then that person or a representative of that group must be consulted with; this may include the Care Organisations (acute and community services), Diagnostics & Pharmacy, and Corporate services. The document control team will be seeking this correlation when checking the document prior to publication on the Policy Hub. 

Section 10: Document Control Information

In Section 10 (see below), please list all colleagues that have been consulted by name and include the group they represent (if appropriate), even if they have not responded. It is recommended to include the method you used to consult with colleagues/groups underneath their names, e.g., email correspondence, meetings, Trust-wide communication channels such as Inform etc.