Creating an Active Wales: Consultation on roles and responsibilities document - 27 09-10 The Welsh Assembly Government has developed the following draft document to show how the various organisations and professionals across Wales can contribute to encouraging the population to become more active. Link to the consultation page: http://wales.gov.uk/consultations/cultureandsport/activewales/?lang=en Download COT consultation response
Evidence to the Independent Commission on Social Services in Wales - 26 09-10
Health Wellbeing and Local Government Committee Inquiry: Stroke Services in Wales - 71 08-09 August 2009 Written evidence submitted by the College of Occupational Therapists Specialist Section in Neurological Practice and the Policy Officer Wales to the National Assembly for Wales on stroke services in Wales. Link to the National Assembly for Wales website: http://www.assemblywales.org/bus-home/bus-committees/bus-committees-third1/bus-committees-third-hwlg-home.htm Download COT consultation response to Health Wellbeing and Local Government Committee Inquiry
Rural Health Planning – improving service delivery across Wales - 61 08-09 August 2009 Consultation on the suggested more creative ways in which primary and community services are provided in rural areas. Link to the consultation website: http://wales.gov.uk/consultations/healthsocialcare/ruralhealth/?lang=en Download COT consultation response to Rural Health Planning – improving service delivery across Wales
Reforming the Medical Statement - 63 08-09 August 2009 The purpose of this consultation was to seek views on a revised medical statement, sometimes known as the medical certificate, which is issued by doctors to patients who are not fit to work, to give to their employers or for social security benefit purposes. View original consultation: http://www.dsdni.gov.uk/index/consultations/consultations-reforming-the-medical-statement.htm Download COT consultation response to Reforming the Medical Statement
Pre-legislative scrutiny of the proposed Legislative Competence Order in Council relating to Mental Health: Call from written submission - 59 08-09 June 2009 The proposed Legislative Competence Order would enable the Assembly Government to develop legislation which gives people access to assessment, treatment and advocacy before they become so unwell that there is need for compulsion. Link to the Welsh Affairs Committee Inquiry page: http://www.parliament.uk/parliamentary_committees/welsh_affairs_committee/ Download COT consultation response to Pre-legislative scrutiny of the proposed Legislative Competence Order in Council relating to Mental Health: Call from written submission
Review of Secure Mental Health Services - 58 08-09 August 2009 The consultation provides details on the review of secure mental health services in Wales. Link to the consultation website: http://wales.gov.uk/consultations/healthsocialcare/mentalhealth/?lang=en&status=closed Download COT consultation response to Review of Secure Mental Health Services
Proposals for the future of Specialised and Tertiary Services - 44 08 09 June 2009 The consultation paper provides details on the proposed future of specialised and tertiary services in Wales. Link to the consultation website: http://wales.gov.uk/consultations/healthsocialcare/specialisedservices/?lang=en Download COT consultation response to Proposals for the future of Specialised and Tertiary Services 44 08 09 http://wales.gov.uk/consultations/healthsocialcare/specialisedservices/?lang=en
Sustainable Homes: A National Housing Strategy for Wales - 42 08-09 May 2009 The National Housing Strategy sets out the Government’s long term vision for housing in Wales. Link to the consultation website: http://wales.gov.uk/consultations/housingcommunity/housingstrategy/?lang=en Download COT consultation response to Sustainable Homes: A National Housing Strategy for Wales
Proposals on the future of Community Health Councils in Wales - 41 08 09 April 2009 The One Wales document committed the Welsh Assembly Government to ‘reinstate democratic engagement at the heart of the Welsh health service’. Link to the consultation website: http://wales.gov.uk/consultations/healthsocialcare/communityhealthcouncils/?lang=en Download COT consultation response to Proposals on the future of Community Health Councils in Wales 41 08 09
Paying for Care in Wales: creating a fair and sustainable system - 37 08-09 February 2009 Consultation on proposals to create a fairer and more sustainable system for paying for care in the future. View original consultation Download COT consultation response to Paying for Care in Wales: creating a fair and sustainable system
Local Authority Social Services Inspection, Evaluation and Review Process - A New Framework - 36 08 09 February 2009 Consultation on proposals to create a more proportionate and responsive approach to the review and inspection of local authority social services. View original consultation Download COT consultation response to Local Authority Social Services Inspection, Evaluation and Review Process – A New Framework
Policy and Practice for Adults with a Learning Disability: Proposed Action Plan - 26 08 09 January 2009 Stakeholders are being asked to consider the proposed action plan drawn up by the Learning Disability Implementation Advisory Group (LDIAG). Link to the consultation website: http://wales.gov.uk/consultations/healthsocialcare/policylearningdisability/?lang=en&status=closed Download COT consultation response to Policy and Practice for Adults with a Learning Disability: Proposed Action Plan
Delivering the new NHS for Wales - 25 08 09 February 2009 This Consultation Paper invites comments on proposed changes to the NHS in Wales. Link to the consultation website: http://wales.gov.uk/consultations/healthsocialcare/nhswales/?lang=en Download COT consultation response to Delivering the new NHS for Wales
Equality of Opportunity Committee Inquiry into Home Maintenance and Adaptations Services for Older People - 24 08-09 December 2008 In this inquiry the Committee will be looking at the effectiveness of home maintenance and adaptations services for older people living at home and at progress on improving these services since the publication of two reports: Review of Housing for Older People in Wales by the Assembly’s Social Justice and Regeneration Committee’s (2004); and The Welsh Assembly Government’s Review of Disabled Facilities Grants (DFGs) and other Housing Adaptations (2005). Link to the consultation website: http://www.assemblywales.org/bus-home/bus-committees/bus-committees-third1/bus-committees-third-eoc-home/bus-committees-third-eoc-inquiry/bus-committees-third-eoc-opi/bus-committees-third-eoc-opi-consultationletter.htm Download COT consultation response to Equality of Opportunity Committee Inquiry into Home Maintenance and Adaptations Services for Older People
Proposals to Change the Structure of the NHS in Wales - 40 07 08 June 2008 This Consultation Paper invites comments on proposed changes to the NHS in Wales. View original consultation Download COT consultation response to Proposals to Change the Structure of the NHS in Wales
Working together to reduce harm: the substance misuse strategy for Wales 2008 - 30 07 08 May 2008 This consultation sets out and invites views on our new substance misuse strategy, entitled “Working Together to Reduce Harm”. It is a 10 year strategy which aims to set out a clear national agenda for tackling and reducing the harms associated with substance misuse in Wales. Link to the consultation website: http://wales.gov.uk/consultations/housingcommunity/workingtogether/?lang=en&status=closed Download COT consultation response to Working together to reduce harm: the substance misuse strategy for Wales 2008
National Framework for Continuing NHS Health Care - 26 07 08 May 2008 The draft Framework provides guidance to underpin decision-making on the provision of continuing NHS health care for adults, and the arrangements to support this decision-making, including disputes and complaints procedures. Link to the consultation website: http://wales.gov.uk/consultations/healthsocialcare/continuingcare/?lang=en&status=closed Download COT consultation response to National Framework for Continuing NHS Health Care
Proposed Provision of Mental Health Services LCO Committee - The National Assembly for Wales (Legislative Competence) (No 6) Order 2008 (Relating to the Provision of Mental Health Services) - 34 07 08 April 2008 The proposed Legislative Competence Order would enable the Assembly Government to have power, in principle, to legislate by Measure in the area identified in the proposed Order, ie mental health and mental health services. Link to the LCO committee page: http://www.assemblywales.org/bus-home/bus-committees/bus-committees-third1/bus-legislation-lco-2008-8/bus-committees-third-ac-agendas-4.htm Download COT consultation response to Proposed Provision of Mental Health Services LCO Committee - The National Assembly for Wales (Legislative Competence) (No 6) Order 2008 (Relating to the Provision of Mental Health Services)
Care and Social Services Inspectorate Wales Guidance on ‘Making the Most of the First Year in Practice’ - 18 07 08 February 2008 Consultation on a model for the learning and development of social workers’ first year in practice. Link to the Care Council for Wales website: http://www.ccwales.org.uk/DeskTopDefault.aspx?tabid=572 Download COT consultation response to Care and Social Services Inspectorate Wales Guidance on ‘Making the Most of the First Year in Practice’
Mental Capacity Act 2005: Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards - 11 07 08 Consultation response from the College of Occupational Therapists COT Specialist Section - Mental Health December 2007 This consultation relates to the deprivation of liberty safeguards that have been introduced into the Mental Capacity Act 2005 by the Mental Health Act 2007. The safeguards are planned to come into force on 1 April 2009. The Code is intended for the guidance of those who have to implement the safeguards, and for the information of those who may become subject to the safeguards, and their relatives, friends and carers. Link to the consultation document: http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/consultations/liveconsultations/dh_078052 Download COT consultation response to Mental Capacity Act 2005: Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards
Mental Health Act 1983: Code of Practice for Wales - 13 07 08 January 2008 The Mental Health Act 1983 Code of Practice for Wales is guidance to doctors, approved clinicians, managers and staff of hospitals, and approved mental health professionals on how they should proceed when undertaking functions and duties under the Act. It also gives guidance to doctors and other professionals about certain aspects of medical treatment for mental disorder more generally. Link to Code of Practice for Wales page: http://www.wales.nhs.uk/sites3/page.cfm?orgid=816&pid=33960 Download COT consultation response to Mental Health Act 1983: Code of Practice for Wales
Secondary Mental Health Legislation (Wales) - 14 07 08 January 2008 The secondary legislation gives effect to the changes to the 1983 Act which are being introduced under the 2007 Act in October 2008 (or, in the case of independent mental health advocacy, as soon as practicable thereafter). Link to consultation document: http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Healthcare/Mentalhealth/DH_079861 Download COT consultation response to Secondary Mental Health Legislation (Wales)
Proposed Domiciliary LCO Committee - The National Assembly for Wales (Legislative Competence)(No4) Order 2008 relating to charging for Non-Residential Social Care (Domiciliary Care) - 16 07 08 January 2008 Consultation on extending the legislative competence of the National Assembly for Wales to make new laws for Wales by Measure in relation to charging for non-residential social care (Domiciliary Care). Link to the LCO page: http://www.assemblywales.org/bus-home/bus-legislation/bus-leg-legislative-competence-orders/bus-legislation-lco-2007-4-2.htm Download COT consultation response to Proposed Domiciliary LCO Committee - The National Assembly for Wales (Legislative Competence) (No4) Order 2008 relating to charging for Non-Residential Social Care (Domiciliary Care)
Adaptations for Housing Association Tenants - 5 07-08 November 2007 This consultation paper seeks views on the proposals to changes to the current procedures for Physical Adaptations Grants (PAGs) and the payment of Social Housing Grant (SHG) for adaptations to meet the needs of disabled tenants of housing associations in Wales. View original consultation Download COT consultation response to Adaptations for Housing Association Tenants
Stronger in Partnership 2 - 07 07 08 November 2007 Consultation on involving service users and carers in the design, planning, delivery and evaluation of mental health services in Wales. Link to consultation document: http://wales.gov.uk/consultations/healthsocialcare/SIP2/?lang=en&status=closed Download COT consultation response to Stronger in Partnership 2
Service Development and Commissioning Directives for Chronic Non-Malignant Pain - 01 07 08 October 2007 Consultation on publications to support the redesign of care for chronic conditions. Link to consultation document: http://wales.gov.uk/consultations/healthsocialcare/1593704/?lang=en&status=closed Download COT consultation response to Service Development and Commissioning Directives for Chronic Non-Malignant Pain
Common Core of Skills, Knowledge and Understanding for the Children and Young People’s Workforce in Wales - 2 07 08 October 2007 Set of standards to ensure that all those working with children, young people and families have a common set of skills, understanding and knowledge. Link to consultation page: http://www.ccwales.org.uk/DesktopDefault.aspx?tabid=558 Download COT consultation response to Common Core of Skills, Knowledge and Understanding for the Children and Young People’s Workforce in Wales
Guidance on nominating a consultee for research involving adults who lack capacity to consent - 41 06-07 September 2007 Guidance on how to identify an appropriate consultee for the purposes of section 32 of the Mental Capacity Act 2005. The guidance indicates how researchers should go about identifying an appropriate person to consult when they wish to carry out research which involves someone who lacks capacity to consent to take part. Link to consultation document: http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Consultations/Liveconsultations/DH_076216 Download COT consultation response to Guidance on nominating a consultee for research involving adults who lack capacity to consent
Arts in Health and Wellbeing Draft Strategy - Consultation Questionnaire - 39 06-07 September 2007 The strategy outlines the way in which the arts and health can be developed in Wales, to ensure that patients and the public are getting the maximum benefit. Link to Health Challenge Wales page: http://wales.gov.uk/hcwsubsite/healthchallenge/news/arts-in-health-strategy?lang=en Download COT consultation response to Arts in Health and Wellbeing Draft Strategy – Consultation Questionnaire
Future Direction of Mental Health Legislation in Wales - 55 07 08 August 2007 Consultation on establishing a working group to consider the future direction of mental health legislation in Wales. Download COT consultation response to Future Direction of Mental Health Legislation in Wales
Autistic Spectrum Disorder Strategic Action Plan for Wales - 56 06-07 May 2007 The Strategic Action Plan for Autistic Spectrum Disorders (ASD), describes how the Welsh Assembly Government expects that individuals with ASD and their families should have their needs met to ensure their potential is fulfilled in all aspects of their life. Link to the consultation website: http://wales.gov.uk/consultations/healthsocialcare/autistic/?lang=en&status=closed Download COT consultation response to Autistic Spectrum Disorder Strategic Action Plan for Wales
Local Service Boards / Local Service Agreements - 17 06-07 April 2007 Consultation that invites views on the role, form and function proposed for Local Service Boards and expressions of interests from Local Strategic Partnerships in becoming one of the Local Service Board development projects for 2007-2008. View original consultation Download COT consultation response to Local Service Boards/Local Service Agreements
Draft Guidance and Draft Regulations: Health, Social Care and Well-being Strategies (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2007 - 52 06 07 February 2007 The Welsh Assembly Government requires each local authority and Local Health Board to jointly produce a strategy outlining how they intend to improve the health, social care and wellbeing of local people. The first round of strategies covered the period 2005-2008; the new draft strategy covers 2008-2011. Link to the strategy: http://www.opsi.gov.uk/legislation/wales/wsi2007/wsi_20071042_en_1 Download COT consultation response to Draft Guidance and Draft Regulations: Health, Social Care and Well-being Strategies (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2007
Refocusing of the Carer’s Strategy for Wales - 53 06-07 February 2007 Review of the 2000 Carers’ Strategy to ensure that it remains up to date, coherent and focuses appropriately on issues that affect carers. Link to the consultation document: http://www.adjudicationpanelwales.com/consultations/healthsocialcare/1231508/;jsessionid=LHDXKxYNgvhJJTDDFffBB08JyBTJqps3yglWp6h70VTYKbf1TChG!-973246136?lang=en&status=closed Download COT consultation response to Refocusing of the Carer’s Strategy for Wales
Mental Health Promotion Action Plan - 51 06-07 January 2007 View original consultation: http://wales.gov.uk/consultations/healthsocialcare/958389/?lang=en&status=closed Download COT consultation response to Mental Health Promotion Action Plan
Service Development and Commissioning Directives: Respiratory Conditions - 50 06-07 January 2007 Directives to ensure that service provision suitably matches the needs of the 21st Century and that services are appropriately reshaped for people living with chronic respiratory conditions. Link to the directives page: http://wales.gov.uk/topics/health/nhswales/healthstrategy/publicationindex/respiratoryconditions/?lang=en Download COT consultation response to Respiratory Conditions
“Fairer charging” guidance to local authorities on charging for domiciliary care services - 49 06-07 January 2007 Proposals to increase the buffer, and on the treatment of disability related expenditure, in local authority charging for domiciliary care services Link to the consultation document: http://www.adjudicationpanelwales.com/consultations/healthsocialcare/952065/?lang=en&status=closed Download COT consultation response to “Fairer charging” guidance to local authorities on charging for domiciliary care services
Social Skills Sector (Staff in Direct Care Settings) Skills Review - 48 06-07 November 2006 This document outlines the responses received to a consultation on proposals to address skills needs within the Social Care Sector in Wales. Link to the consultation document: http://www.adjudicationpanelwales.com/consultations/education/1611200/?lang=en&status=closed Download COT consultation response to Social Skills Sector (Staff in Direct Care Settings) Skills Review
Delivering Emergency Care - An integrated approach to Unscheduled Care in Wales – 46 06-07 October 2006 This strategy is aimed at those people who need access to health and social care that is not planned. This ranges from those requiring emergency care to patients needing help to care for themselves at home Link to the strategy page: http://wales.gov.uk/topics/health/publications/health/strategies/1973686/?lang=en Download COT consultation response to Delivering Emergency Care – An integrated approach to Unscheduled Care in Wales
For further information contact: Ruth Crowder Policy Officer - Wales Ruth.Crowder@cot.co.uk
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