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Strengthening the commitment: one year on: progress report on the UK Modernising Learning Disabilities Nursing Review
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 2014
- Pagination:
- 32
- Place of publication:
- London
This report summarises the progress made in England during the past year against recommendations set out in ‘Strengthening the Commitment: the report of the UK Modernising Learning Disability Nursing Review (2012)’. The 17 recommendations cover the four broad areas of: strengthening capacity, strengthening capability, strengthening quality, and strengthening the profession. For each recommendation information is provided on key government policies, examples of positive practice, and planned next steps. The report shows how the recommendations have been translated into good practice to achieve better health and wellbeing for people with learning disabilities, and fulfil the commitment made in 'Transforming Care: A national response to Winterbourne View Hospital'. (Original abstract)
The impact of social policy on changes in professional practice within learning disability services: different standards for children and adults? A two-part examination: part 2. professional services under the coalition: the trends continue apace
- Authors:
- RACE David G., MALIN Nigel A.
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Intellectual Disabilities, 15(4), December 2011, pp.289-299.
- Publisher:
- Sage
- Place of publication:
- London
This is the second of 2 articles examining links between policy developments and changes in professional practice within learning disability services in England. The first article (ibid, 14(4), 2010, 315-328) concluded that there was a developing gap in professional inputs between children’s and adult services. This article looks at the effects of the first year of the Coalition government. It argues that its policies, especially the large-scale reduction in public expenditure, have exacerbated the trends identified earlier. There has been a reduction in the professional training and qualification for staff in the adult social care sector. For children, there has been a decline in support for inclusion of children in mainstream education and a rapid growth of academies, leading to fears of a move towards more independent specialist schools for children with learning disabilities. In addition, local authorities, though outwardly compliant, have variously interpreted their responsibilities under the personalisation agenda, in particular in relation to individual budgets, and this has resulted in assessments of need being based on ‘service hours’ rather than service quality and staff qualifications.
The Bradley Report and the criminal justice workforce: tackling mental health and learning disabilities in the justice system
- Authors:
- SAINSBURY CENTRE FOR MENTAL HEALTH, SKILLS FOR JUSTICE
- Publisher:
- Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health; Skills for Justice
- Publication year:
- 2010
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- London
In April 2009, the Bradley Report was published, making 82 recommendations which should lead to major changes in the way that individuals with mental health issues and those with learning disabilities in the criminal justice system are supported and treated. Thirty of the 82 recommendations have direct implications for the criminal justice workforce. This briefing paper outlines 4 key areas where significant activity is needed to develop the justice sector workforce to meet the ambitions and aims arising from the Bradley Report. The 4 key areas are: training in mental health and learning disability awareness for practitioners across the system; working together across agencies to treat individuals going through the system consistently and fairly; communicating information more effectively and efficiently so that individuals are not constantly reassessed or shuttled between services; and national workforce planning. This report highlights the changes needed in the approach to training individuals across criminal justice agencies, and makes recommendations as to how to take the work forward.