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Who's putting the squeeze on services
- Author:
- HOLMAN Andrew
- Journal article citation:
- Community Living, 8(2), October 1994, pp.8-9.
- Publisher:
- Hexagon Publishing
Looks at the strangleholds preventing the growth of quality services for people with learning difficulties: the financial stranglehold; the complaints and registration stranglehold; the stranglehold of public opinion; the stranglehold of services attitude.
Best value for whom?
- Author:
- HOLMAN Andrew
- Journal article citation:
- Community Living, 12(1), July 1998, pp.18-20.
- Publisher:
- Hexagon Publishing
Cumbria is one of the 37 authorities to be chosen for a pilot project for the Government's 'Best Value' scheme and the only authority to specifically include learning difficulties in their application. This article looks at what it will mean for service users.
Southampton listening to users' views
- Author:
- HOLMAN Andrew
- Journal article citation:
- Community Living, 11(4), April 1998, pp.6-7.
- Publisher:
- Hexagon Publishing
Many organisations and service providers say one thing in their glossy brochures and do another in their actual provision. Reports on Southampton Community Trust's Charter for adults with learning disabilities.