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The All-Wales mental handicap strategy: framework for development from April 1993
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Welsh Office
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Welsh Office
- Publication year:
- 1992
- Pagination:
- 11p.
- Place of publication:
- Cardiff
Learning disability strategic action plan 2022 to 2026
- Author:
- WALES. Welsh Government
- Publisher:
- Wales. Welsh Government
- Publication year:
- 2022
- Pagination:
- 20
- Place of publication:
- Cardiff
This action plan sets out the Welsh Government's overarching strategic agenda for the development and implementation of learning disability policy for the remainder of the current term of government, 2022 to 2026. The action plan (and associated delivery plan) is a living document and will be updated to reflect any changes to priorities and circumstances as they arise. It is designed to be flexible and contains actions that can reasonably be expected to be achieved given the ongoing focus on pandemic recovery and limits on available resources. Priority areas identified in the plan include: overarching/cross-cutting, including cross-government activity that may not sit in one specific area; COVID recovery; health, including reducing health inequalities and avoidable deaths; social services and social care; facilitating independent living and access to services through increased access to advocacy and self-advocacy skills, engagement and collaboration; education including children and young people's services; employment and skills; housing - appropriate housing, close to home, access to joined-up services; and transport. (Edited publisher abstract)
Learning disability strategy: section 7 guidance on service principles and service responses
- Author:
- WALES. Welsh Assembly Government
- Publisher:
- Wales. Welsh Assembly Government
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- 24p.
- Place of publication:
- Cardiff
The main focus of this guidance is on the person with a learning disability rather than on their families or carers but ,where appropriate, families and carers are mentioned in the text. The contribution that families and carers can make to the unified assessment process is covered within that guidance and carers are, of course, entitled to their own assessment.
A tokenistic exercise? User involvement in service planning
- Authors:
- KAEHNE Axel, CATHERALL Chris
- Journal article citation:
- Learning Disability Today, August 2012, pp.22-24.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
- Place of publication:
- Hove
In recent years, policy makers have been increasing service user involvement in service planning, normally via consultation processes. However, the scope of these consultations varies greatly. This study investigated the views of two parents of children with learning disabilities who had been involved in steering groups designed to plan new services. Two themes were highlighted: the parents felt unable to comment on the details of the services due to a lack of understanding of the terminology used; and the link between user consultation and service planning was unclear. The article concludes that more research is required in order to understand how to effectively include service users in service planning.
Learning disability in Wales: a technical document produced by a panel considering people centred issues
- Author:
- CROWSON David (chair)
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Welsh Office. NHS Directorate. Welsh Health Planning Forum
- Publication year:
- 1992
- Pagination:
- 43p.
- Place of publication:
- Cardiff
Strategic service change: development of core services in Wales, 1983-1995
- Authors:
- PERRY Jonathan, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 11(1), 1998, pp.15-33.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
National strategies for the development of services for specific client groups are rare in Britain, particularly strategies to which governments pledge significant long term financial investment. This article attempts to gauge the impact of one such strategy, the All Wales Strategy for the Development of Services for Mentally Handicapped People (AWS) by comparing the goals of the AWS with changes in the nature and coverage of services which have followed its inception. Finds that although the pace of change quickened between 1988 and 1995 compared to that in the first five years of the AWS, a wholesale orientation of traditional services is far from complete. Changes in service provision in Wales during the course of the AWS are compared where possible to development elsewhere in Britain.
Supporting 'needs-led' services : implications for planning and management systems (a case study in mental handicap services)
- Authors:
- MCGRATH Morag, GRANT Gordon
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Social Policy, 21(1), 1992, pp.71-97.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
- Place of publication:
- Cambridge
Identifies two elements of needs-led services : user participation and management delegation; uses a case study from the All Wales Strategy for services to mentally handicapped people to illustrate and discuss three models of planning and management and the implications for implementing community care.
Strategic commissioning of accommodation services for adults with learning disabilities
- Author:
- AUDITOR GENERAL FOR WALES
- Publisher:
- Wales Audit Office
- Publication year:
- 2018
- Pagination:
- 62
- Place of publication:
- Cardiff
This review assesses whether local authorities in Wales have effective approaches to commissioning accommodation for adults with learning disabilities. It included audit fieldwork at five local authorities; analysis of performance and expenditure; and modelling future growth and costs. Based on the findings, the review found that local authorities are generally meeting the accommodation needs of adults with learning disabilities, but existing commissioning arrangements are unlikely to be fit for purpose in the future. It reports that local authorities are underestimating the complexity in meeting the long-term accommodation needs of people with learning disabilities and their carers and need to do more to integrate the services. It also found that commissioning strategies do not always result in cost effective services that meet people's needs. The report estimates that authorities will need to increase investment by £365 million in accommodation in the next twenty years to address a growth in the number of people with learning disabilities who will need housing and the increase in the number with moderate or severe needs. The report makes recommendations to local authorities, in six key areas, including: to continue to focus on prevention by providing effective support at home and a range of step up accommodation; to improve the approach to planning services for the future, and to do more to involve people with learning disabilities and their carers in care planning and agreeing pathways to further independence. (Edited publisher abstract)
Count me in 2007: results of the 2007 national census of inpatients in mental health and learning disability services in England and Wales
- Authors:
- HEALTHCARE COMMISSION, et al
- Publisher:
- Healthcare Commission
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 84p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The census aimed to provide accurate figures on the numbers of inpatients in mental health and learning disability services in England and Wales, and to encourage service providers to collect and monitor data on all ethnic groups of patients. It was conducted on March 30 2007 and collected information on: 31,187 inpatients in mental health wards at 257 NHS and independent healthcare organisations in England and Wales. The proportion of inpatients in independent mental health hospitals increased from 10% in 2005 to 14% in 2007. 4,153 inpatients in 120 organisations providing services for those with learning disabilities in England and Wales. The report stresses that without accurate data the quality of care and treatment of black and minority ethnic patients cannot be monitored. It makes recommendations to the Department of Health and the Information Centre to improve the information available about patients from all ethnic backgrounds, including those in independent healthcare organisations.
Whatever happened to teamwork? Reflections on CMHTs
- Author:
- MCGRATH Morag
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Social Work, 23(1), February 1993, pp.15-29.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
Reports on a survey of Community Mental Handicap Teams as part of an evaluation of the All Wales Strategy. Organisational structures of CMHTs are discussed, and a framework for service planning is then outlined, focusing on the co-ordination of service delivery at a case level and on service planning and development. It is argued that whereas case co-ordination may be obtained through a key worker or case manager system, service planning and development are among the strengths of teamwork. Aspects of teamwork are then explored with reference to needs-led services, local community-based provision and consumer participation. Finally, the level of delegated authority and organisational support required to achieve an 'ideal' needs-led team is outlined.