Policy Archive

09 September 2011

Response to the Work Capacity Assessment review

Read our response to the Work Capacity Assessment review

31 August 2011

Response to the Government's proposed Personal Independence Payment scheme

Response to the Government's proposed Personal Independence Payment scheme

25 May 2011

Response to the Government’s listening exercise on NHS reforms

Read our response to the Government’s listening exercise on NHS reforms.

23 February 2011

Response to the All Party Parliamentary Group on Dementia Inquiry

Read our response to the All Party Parliamentary Group on Dementia Inquiry on cost savings and delivering better outcomes in dementia care.

09 February 2011

Adult Social Care Outcome Measures

Our response to the Department of Health consultation on adult social care outcome measures, highlighting the need to ensure that outcomes reflect what social care users and their carers really want.

28 January 2011

Future Funding of Social Care (the Dilnot Commission)

Our response, arguing that people who may only occasionally be able to contribute financially towards the costs of their care, including many people with mental health problems – must nevertheless be guaranteed to have their social care needs met.

06 January 2011

Response to the Big Society Consultation

This paper is a joint response from the Mental Health Foundation and the Foundation for People with Learning Disabilities to the potential impact of the Big Society.

11 October 2010

Response to Liberating the NHS: Local Democratic Legitimacy in Health

Our response to the Department of Health’s plans to strengthen public involvement in health, including creating a new HealthWatch body.

11 October 2010

Response to Liberating the NHS: Commissioning for Patients

We set out concerns around GP commissioning expertise and the need for GPs to commission in partnership with a range of other agencies, such as social care.

11 October 2010

Response to Liberating the NHS: Transparency in outcomes – a framework for the NHS

We highlight the need for outcomes to focus on community care as well as hospital care, and to include better mental health for the whole population as well as improved services for people with a mental disorder.