Consultations
RNIB responds to a wide range of consultations that affect the lives of blind and partially sighted people. As the UK's leading charity of blind and partially sighted people we are committed to eliminating avoidable sightloss and making sure that people with sightloss are able to lead independently lives. RNIB works across a wide range of areas ranging from health, social care and education to employment, benefits and leisure.
Our consultation responses below outline RNIB's position on a whole host of issues. If you want to find out more please contact RNIB's Parliamentary Team.
2011 Responses:
Caring for our future - Shared ambitions for care and support
2010 Responses:
Direct payments for health care: a consultation on proposals for regulations and guidance
2009 Responses:
Inquiry into young people not in education, employment or training (NEET)
Children, Schools and Families Select Committee
Delivering Digital Inclusion: An Action Plan for Consultation (Department for Communities and Local Government)
Delivering Digital Britain: The Interim Report
Work and Pensions Select Committee Inquiry: "Decision making and appeals in the benefits system"
RNIB submission to the Dept. of Health review of FACS eligibility criteria
Shaping the future of care together: consultation response
2008 Responses:
A consultation on the NHS Constitution (Department of Health)
Raising Expectations: enabling the system to deliver (Joint DCSF/DIUS consultation)
"No one written off: reforming welfare to reward responsibility" (Department for Work and Pensions)
Independent Living Strategy (Office for Disability Issues)
RNIB submission to the Commission for Social Care Inspection (CSCI) review of FACS eligibility criteria
Royal National Institute of Blind People
