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Practice guidance on developing a commissioning strategy for people with a learning disability
- Author:
- WALES. Welsh Assembly Government
- Publisher:
- Wales. Welsh Assembly Government
- Publication year:
- 2011
- Pagination:
- 141p.
- Place of publication:
- Cardiff
This practice guidance was developed to complement the statutory guidance the 'Commissioning Framework Guidance and Good Practice'. It can be used as a manual to help local authorities and the NHS develop their commissioning strategies for people with learning disabilities. Key stages for developing a commissioning strategy are covered, including the Institute of Public Care (IPC) Commissioning Framework model; analysis and gathering intelligence; planning and developing the commissioning strategy; and strategy monitoring, evaluation and review. It also covers development of the workforce and roles and responsibilities of commissioners. Partnership between local authorities and NHS is highlighted throughout the guidance.
Strategies for change: making Valuing People a reality
- Authors:
- FYSON Rachel, SIMONS Ken
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 31(4), December 2003, pp.153-158.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Reports the interim findings of the 'Strategies for Change' research project, which has focused on the need for effective strategic planning in order to make a reality of the 2001 White Paper Valuing People: A New Strategy for Learning Disability for the 21st Century. It draws attention in particular to the roles that both commissioners of learning disability services and the new Learning Disability Partnership Boards must play in developing and implementing local plans. Focuses on a review of good practice in commissioning learning disability services; and analysis of Joint Investment Plans, interviews with service users attending Learning Disability Partnership Board (LDPB) meetings; interviews with service commissioners and chairs of LDPB); and an evaluation of a commissioner development programme. Argues that effective strategic planning at national and local levels is required in order to create innovative, individualised services for people with learning disabilities, which can promote the Valuing People agenda of rights, independence, choice and inclusion.
Training for a change: developing joint commissioning for care in the community
- Authors:
- WADDINGTON Paul, LEAKE Brian, LOCKWOOD Neil
- Journal article citation:
- Training for Care, 21, 1994, pp.2-3.
Describes Sandwell DHA and Sandwell SSD's experiences in joint commissioning for learning disability services - managing the change process, and the implications for training.
A survey of consultants in the psychiatry of learning disability
- Authors:
- LINDSEY Mary, FLYNN Adrian
- Journal article citation:
- Psychiatric Bulletin, 27(9), September 2003, pp.342-345.
- Publisher:
- Royal College of Psychiatrists
All 208 consultant members of the Faculty for the Psychiatry of Learning Disability were contacted and asked to complete a questionnaire to provide qualitative and quantitative information about their work and experiences. One hundred and thirty-six consultants responded, giving a 64% response rate. They reported a wide range of clinical, academic and management skills, with 72 having registration in other specialities. Insufficient in-patient provision and problems with discharge were cited by 85% of respondents. There was a wide disparity in the provision of mental health services for children and adolescents with learning dis-abilities and 12 areas reported no services from any source. Although most respondents showed satisfaction with clinical work and professional relationships, there were many concerns about management, commissioning and planning of services. Consultant psychiatrists in the field of learning disability are a broadly skilled group of clinicians with a wide range of responsibilities and areas of expertise, but many are working in services that they see as under-resourced and poorly managed, planned and commissioned. Overall levels of satisfaction are good, particularly in relation to clinical work, peer support and study/academic work.
We have the technology: but have we the will?
- Author:
- GREIG Rob
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care Management and Planning, 5(2), April 1997, pp.41-48.
- Publisher:
- Pavillion
Considers the current state of knowledge about developing effective, high quality services for people with learning disabilities, with particular emphasis on 'social care' provision. It questions why services across much of the country fail to respond to the lessons from research and evaluation which, combined with a greater emphasis on partnership between all stakeholders in services, could result in substantially improved outcomes for service users.