DHSSPS: RICC Response to Draft Health Budget 2011 - 2015 February 2011

Northern Ireland Dementia Strategy Consultation Response  August 2010

The Bamford Action Plan 2009-2011 announced in October 2009, included a commitment to develop a dementia services strategy. This consultation outlines DHSSPS proposals for the establishment of a Northern Irish Dementia Strategy. Law Centre NI welcomes this development as a positive step in recognising the individual needs of people with dementia and their carers, however, our response highlights the importance of maintaining consistency with the new mental capacity legislation.

OFMDFM: A Commissioner for Older People in Northern Ireland  January 2010

The consultation sets out the current proposals for establishing a Commissioner for Older People in NI.  While LCNI supports the move to establish a Commissioner our response calls for a wider range of powers to be available to the Commissioner than those proposed by OFMDFM to ensure that older people have a strong independent voice to represent their interests and to directly influence policy and service delivery.

DHSSPS consultation on an Acquired Brain Injury Action Plan June 2009

Privacy Advisory Committee:  Code of Practice on protecting the confidentiality of service user information November 2007

NIO Community Safety Order:Proposals for the Safety of Older People  October 2007

General Medical Council Consultation: Consent: patients and doctors making decisions together August 2007

JCHR Consultation: The Human Rights of Older Persons in Healthcare  February 2007

DHSSPS Consultation: Complaints in the Health and Personal Social Services  February 2007

Proposed Changes to Family-Friendly Rights and Rights of Carers  February 2006

Patient Choice-Related Discharge Delays  August 2004