ABC
Action for Advocacy
- A resource and support agency for the advocacy sector, information, training and advice.
Responsible for:
- Promoting the Well-being of all older people.
- The leading care and research charity for people with dementia.
Responsible for:
- Improving the quality of health and social care for black users and staff.
Represents:
- The Directors of Adults Social Service (DASS)
- The Directors of Children's Services (DCS)
In England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
British Association of Social Workers (BASW)Represents:
- Social Work
- Social workers
Within the UK
British Medical Association (BMA)Represents:
- Doctors and Medicine all over the UK
Responsible for:
- Looking after family or friends requiring help due to illness, frailty or disability.
Court Funds Office
DEF
Department of Health (DH)Responsible for:
- Setting the English health and social care policy.
- Setting standards and modernising the NHS.
Provides:
- Information and support for people affected be Down's syndrome;
- Resources for professionals.
Responsible for
- Improving the quality of life for people with learning disabilities and their families.
www.learningdisabilities.org.uk/
GHI
General Medical Council (GMC)Responsible for:
- Registering doctors to practice within the UK.
Provides:
- Support and information for people affected by brain injury.
JKL
Local Government Association (LGA)Responsible for:
- Promoting interest in English & Welsh local authorities.
MNO
Making Decisions Alliance Mental Health FoundationResponsible for:
- Providing information on mental health problems;
- Improving services for people affected by mental health problems.
http://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/
Responsible for:
- Providing information on mental distress;
- Improving the quality of life for people affected by mental distress.
Responsible for:
- Running the courts
- Improving the justice system
- Human rights
Responsible for:
- Supporting the rights and interests of people with autism.
- Improving services for people affected by autism
Provides:
- Services to support providers of social care across England and Wales.
Responsible for:
- Representing the interests of not-for-profit health and social care within the UK.
Provides:
- A focal point for issues affecting families that include and adult with a learning disability.
Provides:
- Support for family carers;
- Information for family carers.
PQR
Patient ConcernResponsible for:
- Promoting choice and empowerment for all health service users.
Provides:
- Support for older people living in care;
- Support for the families and friends affected by older people living in care.
Provides:
- Support for children and adults affected by learning disabilities.
Provides:
- Support for both victims and perpetrators of sexual abuse who have learning disabilities;
- Support for those affected by other trauma.
Represents:
- Nurses;
- Nursing.
This is the professional and educational body for psychiatrists within the UK and the Republic of Ireland.
STU
Social Care AssociationResponsible for:
· Promoting positive practice within the social care service.
www.socialcareassociation.co.uk/
Provides:
- Informational and support for people affected by cerebral palsy.
Provides:
- Specialist information and advice to deaf blind people, their families and their carers;
- Training material which addresses the advocacy issues for deaf blind people.
Provides:
- Support for people with complex needs, such as drug and alcohol misuse, mental health problems and those with learning disabilities.
VWX
Welsh Assembly GovernmentResponsible for:
- Developing and approving Welsh legislation.