RAISE Health Previous Consultations

Health Previous Consultations Age Equality in Health and Social Care The Equality Bill that is currently before Parliament streamlines and strengthens existing legislation on discrimination. In particular, it creates a new equality duty on public bodies and others carrying out public functions that applies in relation to age as well as to seven other protected characteristics. This consultation considers what the new measures on age equality would mean for health and social care service provision.	Click for more
Personal Care at Home This consultation document seeks views on the proposals in the Personal Care At Home Bill to provide free personal care for people with the highest care needs living in their homes. It sets out how the scheme is likely to work and what will be contained in regulations and in guidance.
Shaping the Future of Care The Government published a Green Paper setting out a vision for a new care and support system that aimed to be fair, simple and affordable for everyone.
Department of Health - Constitution Consultation Consultation in response to Our Shared Future published in June 2007 by the Commission on Integration and Cohesion setting out practical ways in which local authorities could help to build strong communities by promoting cohesion and integration locally.
Department of Health - Funding Review An Action Plan for Digital Inclusion consultation.
The Personalisation of Health and Social Care The Cabinet Office Advisor on Third Sector Innovation, the Rt. Hon. Anne McGuire MP, is considering the role of Third Sector innovation in the personalisation of health and social care.
Whole System Approach To Eligibility for Social Care The Department of Health has published a consultation on the revision of the 'Fair Access to Care Services' guidance (FACS), originally introduced in 2003, which provides local authorities with a framework for determining individual eligibility for social care. Key to the new draft guidance is the integration of eligibility criteria into the personalisation agenda and the implementation of a fair, transparent and consistent process for determining eligibility.
New Horizons: A Vision For Mental Health The 1999 'Nation Service Framework (NSF)' comes to an end, this new strategy forms part of a cross-government vision for mental health and well-being in England for 2010 onwards.