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Valuing people review submission: December 2004
- Author:
- MENCAP
- Publisher:
- Mencap
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- 13p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The introduction of the Valuing People white paper in March 2001 has been the most important policy development for people with a learning disability and their families and carers in a generation. This submission to the Valuing People review sets out how Mencap believes the Valuing People programme should develop over the next five years. It looks at three broad areas: philosophy, structure, and policy priorities.
Carers buried in paper
- Authors:
- COOPER Mabel, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 12.06.03, 2003, pp.24-25.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
The government is getting councils to make life better for people with learning difficulties but it just seems to make lots more paperwork. The council is not asking people with learning difficulties about the changes they are making. There is no communication and they are upsetting lots of people
Valuing people now: a new three-year strategy for people with learning disabilities
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 2009
- Pagination:
- 143p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Valuing people now sets out the Government's strategy for people with learning disabilities for the next three years following consultation. It also responds to the main recommendations in Healthcare for All, the independent inquiry into access to healthcare for people with learning disabilities.
Valuing people now: a new three-year strategy for people with learning disabilities: executive summary
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 2009
- Pagination:
- 13p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Valuing people now sets out the Government's strategy for people with learning disabilities for the next three years following consultation. It also responds to the main recommendations in Healthcare for All, the independent inquiry into access to healthcare for people with learning disabilities.
Valuing people: much achieved, more to do; a summary report of inspections carried out during 2003-2004 of 12 councils' social care services for people with learning disabilities
- Author:
- COMMISSION FOR SOCIAL CARE INSPECTION
- Publisher:
- Commission for Social Care Inspection
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- 35p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Summary report of twelve inspections of services for adults with learning difficulties and how these services were performing in the light of the White Paper 'Valuing people'. Consultants with learning difficulties and their support workers were included as members of the inspection teams. The teams focused on advocacy; information and communication; assessment and person-centred planning; transition into adult life; services for people with learning disabilities; people with additional needs; services for family carers; partnership and planning; and resources.
Valuing people: a new strategy for learning disability for the 21st century: implementation; implementation guidance
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 25p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This circular is being issued to local authorities as statutory guidance under Section 7 of the Local Authority Social Services Act 1970 and contains guidance on implementing the White Paper 'Valuing people: a new strategy for learning disability for the 21st century'.
In their own right: the support needs of family carers of people with learning difficulties
- Author:
- WILLIAMS Val
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health and Learning Disabilities Care, 3(3), November 1999, pp.94-95.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
Community care depends heavily on the family carers who provide day to day care for the majority of people with learning difficulties. The Carers Act 1995 was intended to acknowledge their own needs for support from health and social services. However, new research suggests services may still be neglecting their needs. This paper argues that support for carers is an essential element of community care and should be prioritised in joint health and social services planning.
Making valuing people work: strategies for change in services for people with learning disabilities
- Authors:
- FYSON Rachel, WARD Linda
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- 88p.
- Place of publication:
- Bristol
In its creation, Valuing People represented a radical departure from the traditional processes of Whitehall policy development. For the first time, people with learning disabilities were actively involved in the working parties from which the White Paper was developed; their views, needs, ambitions, and dreams were reflected in the final document. Subsequent to the White Paper’s publication, the involvement of both service users and family carers has continued to be an important element of the implementation process; in particular they have had an important role to play in Learning Disability Partnership Boards. These new structures within local government aim to bring together key local stakeholders, including people with learning difficulties and family carers as well as social services and health and a wide range of providers of services, in order to raise awareness of learning disability issues beyond the specialist services and plan for the implementation of the changes the White Paper required. Taking as its starting point the assumption that effective implementation of Valuing People would require significant changes to services at both a strategic and operational level, the Strategies for Change project posed a number of questions: How can local strategies be developed which reflect the needs, wishes and concerns of local populations? How can people with learning disabilities and family carers be involved effectively in the work of Partnership Boards? How can the types of support offered to people with learning disabilities be changed, to enable people to take more control over their own lives? What role should commissioners of learning disability services play in bringing about these changes? How have people with learning disabilities experienced previous changes to their support services and how can these changes be user-led?
Valuing people: a New Strategy for Learning Disability for the 21st Century; a White Paper presented to Parliament by the Secretary of State for Health by command of Her Majesty March 2001
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publisher:
- Stationery Office
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 148p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Describes the government's strategy for improving the life chances of people with learning disabilities. Covers issues such as improving service provision for children with learning disabilities; improving choice and control for people with learning disabilities; supporting carers; improving health care for people with learning disabilities; providing housing, employment and fulfilling lives; and assuring quality in services.