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Can we turn this vision into reality
- Author:
- TOWELL David
- Journal article citation:
- Community Living, 19(3), February 2006, pp.6-8.
- Publisher:
- Hexagon Publishing
'Our health, our care, our say', the White Paper on community services, promises integrated health and social care, closer to people's homes, improved health, independence and better support for people with long term needs. The author looks at what this should mean for people with learning difficulties.
Special educational needs: support in England
- Authors:
- LONG Robert, DANECHI Shadi
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons Library
- Publication year:
- 2022
- Pagination:
- 65
- Place of publication:
- London
This briefing sets out the system of support for children and young people in England aged 0-25 with special educational needs (SEN). The type of support that children and young people with special educational needs (SEN) receive may vary widely, as the types of SEN that they may have are very different. However, two broad levels of support are currently in place: SEN support, and Education, Health and Care Plans. The briefing covers: support for children and young people with Special Educational Needs (SEN); funding system; statistics – tribunals, children and young people with SEND; accountability – Ofsted and CQC inspections from May 2016; impact of the coronavirus pandemic; reports on the effectiveness of support for children with SEN; DfE survey on EHC plans; the previous system for children and young people with SEN and the process of reform. (Edited publisher abstract)
The social care shortfall
- Author:
- COLE Andrew
- Journal article citation:
- Viewpoint, January 2009, pp.16-19.
- Publisher:
- Mencap/Gateway
Later this year the government is expected to announce its proposals for a shake-up of the way social care in England is organised and funded with the green paper on adult social care. Discusses fears that with rising demand for adult learning disability services, the gap between aspirations and the funding available will only widen.
Unequal impact? Coronavirus, disability and access to services: full report. Fourth report of session 2019–21
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Parliament. House of Commons. Women and Equalities Committee
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. House of Commons
- Publication year:
- 2020
- Pagination:
- 53
- Place of publication:
- London
This report considers disabled people's access to food shopping, health and social care services and provision for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities during the pandemic. It also examines the effectiveness and accessibility of the Government’s consultation and communications with disabled people about coronavirus. Disabled people who already faced substantial barriers to full participation in society, for example because services were inaccessible or they had additional health, care and support or special educational needs, have suffered a range of profoundly adverse effects from the pandemic, including starkly disproportionate and tragic deaths. The report argues that: the Government must justify its assertion that “we need to get away from the food parcel model” by publishing an ongoing assessment of disabled people’s needs for help accessing food; potentially discriminatory critical care guidelines and doctors’ blanket use of do not attempt resuscitation (DNAR) notices caused disabled people great distress; the Government should work with the NHS, British Medical Association and people with learning disabilities to ensure full reintroduction of annual health checks across the NHS and increase take up; the Government must bring forward a social care reform package, including actions to improve the quality and personalisation of care and support for working age disabled people across all social care settings; the Government must prioritise its SEND review and bring forward as a matter of urgency reforms; the Government must consult widely with disabled people and their organisations on ways to embed in the forthcoming National Strategy for Disabled People genuinely effective mechanisms by which disabled people can influence policies and practices which directly affect them. Ministers and officials involved in communicating public health messages to disabled people should undergo training in psychologically informed communications which take fully into account and empathise with disabled people’s lived experiences. (Edited publisher abstract)
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'.
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.