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New patterns of care
- Author:
- GIRAUD-SAUNDERS Alison
- Journal article citation:
- Health Service Journal, 13.10.94, 1994, pp.32-33.
- Publisher:
- Emap Healthcare
Describes how health and social services in Oxfordshire are sharing responsibility for the needs of people with learning disabilities.
Towards race equality in advocacy services: people with learning disabilities from black and minority ethnic communities
- Authors:
- FULTON Rorie, RICHARDSON Kate
- Publisher:
- Race Equality Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2010
- Pagination:
- 6p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
People with learning disabilities from black and minority ethnic communities are a particularly vulnerable group often cut off from public services and support. This briefing paper sets out the arguments for providing appropriate and effective advocacy services for people with learning disabilities from black and minority ethnic communities, and considers the challenges that advocacy service providers must confront if they are to offer support to this group. The paper looks at discrimination, advocacy, cultural knowledge, and language needs. The paper explains that people with learning disabilities from black and minority ethnic communities face ‘double discrimination’ in accessing public services. It argues that the concept of advocacy is itself problematic as it may not be widely or fully understood or easily translatable for many black and minority ethnic communities. Developing cultural knowledge is crucial in working towards race equality in advocacy services, so that the advocacy practitioner is able to respond appropriately and constructively to a black and minority ethnic client’s experience of racism. In order to promote full and equal access to public services, it is essential to meet the language requirements of those black and minority ethnic individuals who need to use advocacy services.
'Out of area, out of sight?': review of out of area placement arrangements made by social services and health for people with learning disabilities from the West Midlands
- Authors:
- RITCHIE Fiona, et al
- Publisher:
- Birmingham and the Black Country Strategic Health Authority; West Midlands South Strategic Health Authority
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- 84p.
- Place of publication:
- Birmingham
People with learning disabilities have a different pattern of disease from the general population and high health needs that are frequently unidentified and unmet. Many require responses from general and specialist health services. A picture is emerging of some people with learning disabilities, often with complex care needs, moving from their home area on what is being termed, out-of-area placements, to receive specialist care. However, within the learning disability population, the impact on health services is not fully known.
Mental health and people with learning disabilities in Northern Ireland: an overview of current policy
- Author:
- BARR Owen
- Journal article citation:
- Advances in Mental Health and Learning Disabilities, 1(1), March 2007, pp.13-17.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
This article addresses three broad areas. First, it provides an overview of the current structure of health and social services within Northern Ireland and summarises how these structures are expected to change within the next few years. Second, it outlines the key policy objectives in relation to the health of people with learning disabilities, giving particular attention to individuals among this population who develop mental health problems. Third, it considers key challenges that may lie ahead if the recently stated policy objectives are to be realised.
The joint strategy for people with learning disabilities in Leicestershire
- Author:
- SHEPPERDSON Billie
- Publisher:
- University of Leicester. Nuffield Community Care Studies Unit
- Publication year:
- 1995
- Pagination:
- 52p.
- Place of publication:
- Leicester
The implementation of the joint strategy benefited from a history of good inter-agency working at the field level. The poorer relations which had existed at management level had improved. The strategy had already had some success in terms of putting appropriate mechanisms into place, beginning strategically to plan some services across the sectors which would lead to a more coordinated service and provide the opportunity to plug some gaps. Value for money issues were being addressed by standardising health and social services contracts. However, there were dangers of the strategy being pushed off course by the lack of coordination between central and district spending, and by some practices in the community and in hospital being inconsistent. Budget constraints were leading to service `rationalisations' and, in some cases, led to strategy aims not being met. User and voluntary organisation involvement was felt to be inadequate. Professionals in both health and social services were saturated with change already and this jeopardised the chance of creating enthusiasm for new initiatives.
Managing the development of Somerset's services for people with learning disabilities
- Author:
- BEADLE-BROWN Julie
- Journal article citation:
- Tizard Learning Disability Review, 5(2), April 2000, pp.11-16.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
This paper comments on an article describing service development management for people with learning disabilities. Sets the developments within the legislative context of joint working.
Joint commissioning: searching for stability in an unstable world
- Author:
- GREIG Rob
- Journal article citation:
- Tizard Learning Disability Review, 2(1), January 1997, pp.19-25.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Learning disability services have been at the forefront of attempts to develop effective joint working between health and local authority agencies. There is now an emergent framework for commissioners to work together and some, albeit patchy, experience of doing so. Joint commissioning has demonstrated potential benefits for service users, though there is still considerable scope for widening the range of stakeholders and more firmly establishing it in the host organisations. This article aims to clarify the nature of joint commissioning, making observations on experiences around the UK and suggesting issues and obstacles that require future consideration.
Divisions and revisions
- Author:
- WARNER Leslie
- Journal article citation:
- Health Service Journal, 5.9.96, 1996, pp.26-27.
- Publisher:
- Emap Healthcare
This article looks at staff and user reactions to joint provision of health and social services for mentally ill people in the City of Westminster.
Specialization without separation: combining health and social services provision for people with learning disabilities
- Authors:
- BURTON Mark, KELLAWAY Mike
- Journal article citation:
- Health and Social Care in the Community, 3(4), July 1995, pp.261-270.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Responsibility for services to people with learning disabilities has shifted back and forth between health and social services authorities over the years. A resolution to the problems of the split service which has been promoted is that of joint commissioning. However, in Manchester an alternative approach to collaboration has been developed; joint provision. Looks at how this has been established.
Joint commissioning of services for people with learning disabilities: a review of the principles and the practice
- Author:
- WADDINGTON Paul
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 23(1), 1995, pp.2-10.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
The aim of the article is to enhance practitioner understanding of the potentials and problems of joint commissioning. Discusses principles, the implications for learning disability services and provides examples of joint commissioning practice.