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1. 1
No voice unheard, no right ignored
– a consultation for people with
learning disabilities, autism and
mental health conditions
Supporting information pack for accessible meetings and discussions
2. 2
What is “No voice unheard, no right ignored”?
We have written a document setting out some possible options
for changes to the law
The main aim is to find out people’s views on how we can
strengthen the rights of people with mental health needs,
learning disabilities and autism.
We want people to be able to live as independently as
possible with support and be a valued part of their community
We want to know what can be done to make sure people are
more involved in decisions about their own lives, care and
treatment.
It will be up to the next Government to decide what to do.
.
3. 3
There are several reasons:
(1) We hear many stories from people with learning
disability or autism or mental health needs that they and
their families are not listened to enough and do not have
enough power in the system. For example this is what the
Justice for LB campaign and the LB Bill are saying.
(2) People with mental health needs, learning disabilities
and others have also told us during the Code of Practice
consultation that parts of the Mental Health Act are not
working for them and we should see if these can be made
to work better.
Why are we asking about these future changes
now?
4. 4
(3) Progress has not been fast enough on the
Transforming Care commitments since Winterbourne
View Hospital about people with learning disability
and/ or autism and challenging behaviour or mental ill
health being supported to live in the community not in
inpatient settings.
Too many people with learning disability or autism or
mental health needs are still in hospitals for too long
and too far away from family.
(4) Some recent reports recommended the
Government should look at changing the law. These
include Sir Stephen Bubb’s report for NHS England
in 2014 and a report from the National Audit Office.
Why are we asking about these future changes
now?
5. 5
The consultation timetable
No voice
unheard, no
right
ignored
published
6 March
2015
Send us your
ideas and
thoughts
about the
consultation
The
consultation
on No voice
unheard, no
right
ignored
closes
29 May 2015
The
Government
will look at
responses
and decide
what to do
next
Your views
Meetings
Answer
booklets
emails
Reports
What
people
told us
What
data
show
When we were preparing
the consultation
document we listened to
and looked at several
things:
6. 6
The main ideas we are asking for views on
There are 5 groups of ideas we are asking for views on:
1. My right to be independent and part of a community. Living in a home I
have chosen
2. My right to be listened to and have my wishes acted upon. My right to
challenge decisions about me
3. My Rights under the Mental Health Act
4. My right to control my own support and services with a personal budget. My
right for my NHS and Local Authority to work together for my benefit
5. Who is in charge of supporting my physical as well as my mental health
You might want to talk about all of these or just pick one or two you think
are most important and just tell us about these
7. 7
Theme 1)
My right to be independent and
part of a community.
Living in a home I have chosen.
8. 8
Theme 1) My right to be independent and part of
a community. Living in a home I have chosen
Helping people stay close to their communities
• Disabled people have the same rights as anyone else and want to be part of a family and
community, with good friendships, and opportunities to work.
• All of this is important for ‘wellbeing’, which covers all the things that support being part
of the community. The new Care Act says that Local Authorities, who deal with social
care, have to think about a person’s wellbeing.
• We think the National Health Service could have the same rules as the Local Authority
about a person’s wellbeing. This could cover people with learning disabilities and autism
and mental ill health who are most likely to have to go to hospital.
• We also think that people who buy services for the Local Authority and the National
Health Service could help by having to think about how people;
– stay close to the community that is important to them,
– take part in work, education, training and a social life
– live somewhere as open as possible.
9. 9
Having enough services in the community
• We think the Local Authority and National Health Service need to buy enough services in
local areas and help people to stay at home. We do not want people with learning
disabilities, autism or mental ill health to have to go away.
• The Care Act says that Local Authorities have to have a good mix of services in their local
area. At the moment this law does not apply to the National Health Service, but this could
be changed.
Assessment and treatment in the community under the Mental Health Act
• Often, when people with learning disability or autism are sent away from home, it is for
assessment or treatment under the Mental Health Act, where they are not free to leave.
• Under the Mental Health Act there are forms that have to be filled in. We think the forms
should ask why the person cannot be assessed or treated in the community.
•
Theme 1) My right to be independent and part of a
community. Living in a home I have chosen
10. 10
Discussion Question 1)
These ideas are trying to help people to be part of the community.
Would they help to stop people being sent away from their home and family?
Green paper - seeking views from the National Forum December 2014
Theme 1) My right to be independent and part of a
community. Living in a home I have chosen
11. 11
Theme 2) My right to be listened
to and have my wishes acted
upon.
My right to challenge decisions
about me
12. 12
Theme 2) My right to be listened to and have my
wishes acted upon.
My right to challenge decisions about me
Knowing your own rights and being involved
• People have a right to take part in planning their own care and support. But many
people feel they have no power, or they feel their rights are not clear.
• We think people should be given clear easy read information about what is happening
and their rights. For example, this information would have to say why the NHS and
Local Authority think the person should go to hospital or should have to live away from
home.
• They would also have to say why there is no closer or community place for the person
to go to, and when this will be looked at again.
13. 13
The right to say you think the wrong choice has been made and to ask for change
• The NHS or Local Authority should have to ask people what they think. It should not be up
to the person to have to ask to have a say.
• It could help if the NHS or other professionals had to ask for people to agree to decisions.
For example, if they agree that they need to go to another place to live.
• People should also be able to change their mind. If they want to move nearer to home
later on they should be able to do so. They should also be able to ask to leave the service
and go home.
• This could be put into law or guidance for the NHS and Local Authorities.
Theme 2) My right to be listened to and have my
wishes acted upon.
My right to challenge decisions about me
14. 14
Planning care and leaving to go home
• People should have a say in their care plan at the point they go into hospital. We think
ALL people who go into hospital should also have a plan about when to leave. This will
help plan the services that should be ready for them when they go home.
• People (and their families and advocates if wanted) should all have a say in this and
information should be easy to understand.
Challenge to being held under the Mental Health Act
• People who are going to be kept in hospital by law under the Mental Health Act have to
be asked about how they feel and have their views listened to.
• We think people should be able to challenge if they don’t think they have been listened to
properly.
Theme 2) My right to be listened to and have my
wishes acted upon.
My right to challenge decisions about me
15. 15
Discussion Question 2
These ideas are trying to help people play a full part in their care
and make sure the National Health Service and Local Authorities
listen to them.
Do you think they will help?
Theme 2) My right to be listened to and have my
wishes acted upon.
My right to challenge decisions about me
16. 16
Involving people and their advocates.
• Self-advocacy - people speaking for themselves - needs to be an important part of what
happens everywhere.
• We think that there should be people with learning disabilities or autism and families on the
Boards of services. This way services will be set up the way people want them.
Helping people use their rights. Support from Independent Mental Health Advocates,
families and social workers.
• Some people need more help to put over their views, feelings and beliefs. Support can
come from:
• Family – including “nearest relatives” under the Mental Health Act
• Advocates – including Independent Mental Health Advocates
• Professionals - including social workers.
Theme 2 cont.) My right to be listened to and have my
wishes acted upon.
My right to challenge decisions about me
17. 17
Independent Mental Health Advocates
• Under the Mental Health Act, some people have the right to have an Independent Mental
Health Advocate if they choose and are getting treatment. We would like more people to
make use of an Independent Mental Health Advocate.
• We would like anyone who does not have the mental capacity to make their own decision
about having an Independent Mental Health Advocate, to have one.
Nearest relative
• A person’s nearest relative is a person who has important rights and responsibilities
under the Mental Health Act. At the moment, who the “nearest relative” is is set down by
law. We think people should be able to choose who they want to be their own ‘nearest
relative’. The list we have at the moment could be used if it was still needed.
Theme 2) My right to be listened to and have my
wishes acted upon.
My right to challenge decisions about me
18. 18
Social workers
• People and their families and advocates should be kept up to date about what happens.
Social workers could be the people to pass this information. People would have a right to
choose someone else to carry out this role if they want to.
• People should know the name of their social worker who has to:
• make sure the person’s plan is as near to home and their community as it can be
• make sure that community based services have been thought about first
• make sure people are working together to agree their care and support
• make sure everyone has all the information they need and are kept up to date.
Support if something goes wrong.
• It can be hard to know what to do or to get support if something goes wrong. Lots of
changes have happened but we need to find out if anything else is needed to make it
easier for people to complain.
Theme 2) My right to be listened to and have my
wishes acted upon.
My right to challenge decisions about me
19. 19
Discussion Questions (continued):
• These ideas are trying to make sure more people get support from
families, social workers and advocates called Independent Mental
Health Advocates.
• Do you think that only services that involve people with learning
disability or autism and families running them should get contracts with
the Local Authority or NHS?
• Do you think anything else is needed to help people to speak up if
something has gone wrong?
Theme 2) My right to be listened to and have my
wishes acted upon.
My right to challenge decisions about me
21. 21
Theme 3) My rights under the Mental Health Act
How the Mental Health Act is used for people with a learning disability or autism.
• The Mental Health Act is a law about treating people with serious mental health
problems in England and Wales. It can be used for people with a learning disability in
some serious situations. For example, this could be where someone has very
challenging behaviour and might hurt themselves or someone else.
• Some people think people with learning disabilities or autism are treated or held in
hospital because of their ‘label’. We think that the Mental Health Act needs to be very
clear about who and what it is for.
• There are some things we could change in the law. For example, say people with
learning disability or autism can’t be sent to hospital against their wishes under the
Mental Health Act or only sometimes.
• This could be by describing a smaller number of situations or reasons when a person
with learning disability or autism could be held in hospital. Or this could only happen if
the courts say they should go to hospital so they don’t go to prison.
22. 22
Theme 3) My rights under the Mental Health Act
A single path for Mental Health Act assessment and treatment.
• The Mental Health Act can be hard to understand. People can go for assessment or for
treatment in hospital under different rules.
• We are thinking about one clear path for holding people in hospital for assessment and
treatment. This would make it easier for people to understand their rights.
The Mental Health Act and people who plan and buy services for the NHS.
• People who plan and buy services for the NHS should have to make sure that the
Mental Health Act works well. At the moment there is a ‘Code of Practice’ which gives
guidance about good care.
• Hospitals have to follow this guidance unless there are really good reasons for not doing
this. We think the law should say that the people in the NHS who plan and buy services
should also have to think about and follow what the Code of Practice says, like hospitals
do.
23. 23
Theme 3) My rights under the Mental Health Act
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• Sometimes, when people have a mental health crisis, they are taken to a place of
safety where they can get help if they need it. It is usually a hospital but sometimes
cells in police stations are used. The Government want to:
• cut down on police cells being used a ‘place of safety’
• make sure no children and young people are kept in police cells
• where people are kept in police cells, make sure it is only for a short time
• see if other services could take people to a place of safety.
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• Some people are patients under the Mental Health Act through the Criminal Justice
System. Instead of going to prison they have been put into a hospital. They are called
‘restricted patients’. They may be able to live in the community under strict rules. This
will be to keep themselves and other people safe.
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Theme 3) My rights under the Mental Health Act
• But, some ‘restricted’ patients cannot leave a hospital to live in the community in a safe
way at the moment. This is called a deprivation of liberty.
• So some people are in secure hospitals when they might be able to be in the community
under strict rules. We are thinking about whether the law should change to allow this.
Discussion Question 3)
What do you think about the idea of people with learning disability and autism: not
being sent to hospital under the Mental Health Act or only in a smaller number of
situations or only sent if a court sends them?
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Theme 4) My right to control my
own support and services with a
personal budget.
My right for my NHS and Local
Authority to work together for my
benefit
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Theme 4) My right to control my own support and services
with a personal budget. My right for my NHS and Local
Authority to work together for my benefit.
Personal budgets
• A personal budget is the money used to buy your care. People can already have
personal budgets for their social care support. They are also being used more now for
health services.
• We think a personal health budget would work well for people with learning disability or
autism. This could be for some people who are in mental health hospitals at the
moment. Or for people who have special support called the Care Programme Approach.
Putting different sets of money together (pooled budgets).
• The NHS and Local Authorities sometimes put their money together for mental health
and learning disability services. But this does not happen everywhere.
• We want to make sure money is put together to give better local services. We want to
look at setting this up throughout the country.
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Theme 4) My right to control my own support and services
with a personal budget. My right for my NHS and Local
Authority to work together for my benefit.
Sharing Information.
• Personal information should be kept private. But important information about what care
people need sometimes has to be shared to make sure people get the right care.
• Commissioners plan and buy care. They need to know the right information about what
care people need and are getting. At the moment this does not always happen.
• If possible, people should be asked if they want information about them to be shared.
Sometimes this can be hard to do. The people providing care may not want to share or
ask people if they want to share.
• We think it should be the law that people who are providing care at hospitals or care
homes should have to share information with commissioners. Sharing information will
help get the right care for people or help if there are worries.
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Discussion Question 4)
What do you think about more people with learning disability or
autism having personal health budgets?
What do you think about making local areas having to put their
money together to help people get out of hospital?
Do you think it should made clearer when people who buy care have
to share information to support people’s care and keep them safe?
Green paper - seeking views from the National Forum December 2014
Theme 4) My right to control my own support and services
with a personal budget. My right for my NHS and Local
Authority to work together for my benefit.
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Theme 5) I want to know who is
responsible for supporting my
physical as well as my mental
health
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Theme 5) I want to know who is responsible for supporting my
physical as well as my mental health
Who is in charge of supporting my physical as well as my mental health.
• People should know who looks after a person’s physical health if they have a mental
health issue. This is very important for people with learning disabilities or autism.
• A person’s physical health needs must also be looked after when they are in a mental
health hospital. We want to make it very clear who has to do what, including:
• who buys physical healthcare in the area where people are staying in a mental
health hospital
• what the hospital has to do
• what the main doctors have to do.
Discussion Question 5)
Do you think we should try and make it more clear who has to make sure people
are physically well when they are in mental health hospitals?
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How to tell us about your views and who you are
So that we can make the best use of what you tell us, it would help us if,
when you have a meeting or a discussion about this consultation, you could:
1) Use the Easy Read or non-Easy read answer booklet to write down and
tell us what you think. This means we can compare what you have said with
what other people have said more easily
2) Fill in the About our meeting or discussion form and send it back in the
same email or in the post with your notes saying what you think. This tells us
a bit about you so we can see if different groups of people said the same or
different things.
Both of these are available on:
https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/strengthening-rights-for-people-
with-learning-disabilities
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Finally…. We really want to know your ideas about changing
things for the better.
Please tell us what you think by 29 May 2015.
You can tell us what you think on our website:
https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/strengthe
ning-rights-for-people-with-learning-disabilities
Or e-mail the response form to:
norightignored@dh.gsi.gov.uk
Or post it to:
Consultations Co-ordinator
‘No voice unheard, no right ignored’ consultation
Department of Health, Area 313 Richmond House
79 Whitehall, London, SW1A 2NS