Neath Port Talbot Council for Voluntary Service

Change of date and venue for the event which is being held in Cardiff: originally planned to be held at the Welsh Government building in Cathays Park on Wednesday 30 November. This event will now take place on Monday 5 December in City Hall, Cathays Park, Cardiff.

If you have previously reserved a place at the Cardiff event, your booking will have been carried across to the new date and venue – if you are unable to make this new date, please could you inform us as soon as possible by emailing: mentalhealthlegislation@wales.gsi.gov.uk.

If you have not responded yet, but wish to attend the Cardiff event, or any of the other meetings which are being held across Wales, booking forms are available for download below.

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Please could you send completed forms to mentalhealthlegislation@wales.gsi.gov.uk no later than a week in advance of the event you wish to attend.

Bridgend Association of Voluntary Organisations are preparing for a regional forum event to be held on November 8th where they will have a presentation on the document and a chance for people to ask questions. In addition to this, the event will aim to update members about the progress being made around the mental health measure and triage system being rolled. The document is available for download here

On Monday 19 September 2011 the Minister for Health and Social Services laid before the National Assembly for Wales two sets of Regulations associated with the Mental Health (Wales) Measure 2010: the Mental Health (Assessment of Former Users of Secondary Mental Health Services) (Wales) Regulations 2011 and the Mental Health (Independent Mental Health Advocates) (Wales) Regulations 2011, along with accompanying Explanatory Memoranda and Regulatory Impact Assessments. Documents are available here

No debt problems are unsolvable. It mightn’t be easy or quick, but there’s always a route. When mental health problems are involved, some special solutions apply. There is a free 40-page PDF booklet supported by Mind, Rethink, CAPUK and others, for people with mental health problems and those caring for them. It covers how to handle debts when unwell, work with banks, free debt counselling, specific tips for bipolar or depression sufferers, whether to declare a condition and more.

The purpose of the site is ultimately  provide the UK with a huge counselling support network, enabling those in distress to find a counsellor close to them and appropriate for their needs.  This is a free, confidential service that will hopefully encourage those in distress to seek help.  The website also contains a number of sections on emotional disorders (types of distress section) and provides some useful statistics for more informatin please click here

Today the Law Commission is publishing an analysis of the responses to its consultation on reforming adult social care law. The Commission is reviewing all of the law that enables services to be provided to older people, disabled people and those with mental health problems.  The Commission has received 231 formal responses, as well as hearing directly from stakeholders at 72 specially staged events across England and Wales. The individuals and organisations who responded include disabled people, carers, lobby groups, local councils, social workers and the Government.Frances Patterson QC, the Public Law Commissioner responsible for the review, said: ”We have been struck by the widespread positive support for our adult social care project, and the strength of agreement we are seeing that this area of law must be reformed as a matter of priority. Many people have been keen to talk about the difficulties they are experiencing as a result of the complexities of the law, and how they have been confused by, or even completely unaware of, their basic legal entitlements.”  The analysis shows overwhelming support for retaining a number of key legal rights in adult social care. There is also strong backing for maintaining duties to co-operate between social services and other agencies and for the proposal to introduce a duty to investigate in adult protection cases.  Frances Patterson QC commented that:  “We are endebted to everyone who has contributed to this consultation. In the light of what they have told us, we are looking again at our proposals, reinforcing some of our ideas and revising others. We are also reviewing our scheme as a whole to make sure it can accommodate policies such as personalisation, self-directed support, prevention and the universal services, while also maintaining the strong legal rights that were overwhelmingly supported by consultees.”  The Law Commission’s final report on adult social care is due to be published in May 2011. The Government will review our recommendations with a view to introducing new legislation in 2012.  The consultation ran from 24 February to 1 July 2010. The consultation paper and analysis of responses are available on the Law Commission website: www.lawcom.gov.uk . Steel House, 11 Tothill Street London, SW1H 9LJ

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