Consultations

You can download our responses to government consultations here.

Consultation response on commissioning guides for low secure services and psychiatric intensive care

The Centre welcomed the invitation to repond to the Department of Health's consultation on draft guidance on low secure services, which ran from January to April 2012. You can read our response below.

Download the Centre's response to the low secure services and psychiatric intensive care consultation

Consultation on the joint Department of Health/NOMS Offender Personality Disorder Pathway Implementation Plan

The Department of Health / NOMS Offender Personality Disorder Team consultation for a new pathway approach for the treatment and management of offenders with serious personality disorders ran from 17 February to 12 May 2001. You can read out our response to the consultation below.

Download the Centre for Mental Health response on the joint Department of Health / NOMS Offender Personality Disorder Pathway Implementation Plan here (Word, 104 KB)

Transparency in Outcomes: a framework for adult social care

The consultation on the Department of Health proposals for a new approach to quality and outcomes in adult social care, Transparency in Outcomes: a framework for adult social care ran from 16 November 2010 to 9 February 2011.  You can read out our response to the consultation below.

Download the Centre for Mental Health response to Transparency in Outcomes: a framework for adult social care here (Word, 44 KB)

Disability Living Allowance reform

This consultation sought views on the Government's proposals to replace Disability Living Allowance (DLA) with a new benefit, Personal Independence Payment. The Government published its response to this consultation on 4 April 2011. You can read the joint response from Centre for Mental Health, Hafal, Mind, Rethink, the Royal College of Psychiatrists and the Scottish Association for Mental Health below.

Download the joint response to Disability Living Allowance reform (Word, 1.05 MB)

Breaking the Cycle: a consultation response from the Mental Health and Criminal Justice Third Sector Forum

Breaking the cycle: effective punishment, rehabilitation and sentencing of offenders ran from 07 December 2010 to 04 March 2011.

You can read the joint response from Mental Health and Criminal Justice Third Sector Forum below. Contributions were received from members including Action for Prisoners Families, Centre for Mental Health, Hafal, mcch, Nacro, the Prison Reform Trust, Race on the Agenda (ROTA), the Revolving Doors Agency, Together and Turning Point. It is also supported by Mind, Rethink and Young minds.

Download the joint response to Breaking the Cycle here (Word, 81 KB)