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A guide for parents. The Education (Additional Support for Learning)(Scotland) Act 2004: 2nd edition
- Author:
- SCOTLAND. Scottish Executive
- Publisher:
- Scotland. Scottish Executive
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- 6p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
- Edition:
- 2nd ed.
The same as you?: a review of services for people with learning disabilities: a summary
- Author:
- SCOTLAND. Scottish Executive. Social Work Services Inspectorate
- Publisher:
- Scotland. Scottish Executive
- Publication year:
- 2000
- Pagination:
- 2p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
MENCAP speech/statement on services for people with learning difficulties: Tuesday 25 June 1991
- Author:
- DORRELL Stephen
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 1991
- Pagination:
- 25p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Speech by the Parliamentary Secretary for Health to the MENCAP Week Conference, announcing 4 Department of Health initiatives to help improve the delivery of services to people with learning disabilities.
The organisation and development of the Rhondda Vanguard Service
- Editor:
- MacDONALD Ian
- Publisher:
- Brunel University. Institute of Organisation and Social Studies
- Publication year:
- 1990
- Pagination:
- 122p., maps, diags.
- Place of publication:
- Uxbridge
A collaborative study, written by researchers and service providers. Describes and analyses models of service for the mentally handicapped which were developed in Rhondda. Gives examples of these in practice.
Services for people with mental handicap: human resource issues: report of a workshop held... in July 1985
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health and Social Security. National Health Service Training Authority
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health and Social Security
- Publication year:
- 1986
- Pagination:
- 35p., diags, illus.
- Place of publication:
- Bristol
Better services for the mentally handicapped: presented to Parliament by the Secretary of State for Social Services and the Secretary of State for Wales by command of Her Majesty, June 1971
- Authors:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health and Social Security, GREAT BRITAIN. Welsh Office
- Publisher:
- HMSO
- Publication year:
- 1971
- Pagination:
- 67p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Effective systems to support people with learning disabilities: strategic briefing
- Author:
- GREIG Rob
- Publisher:
- Research in Practice for Adults
- Publication year:
- 2017
- Place of publication:
- Dartington
People with learning disabilities or autism have consistently poorer outcomes in areas such as health, life expectancy and quality of life. This includes their access to paid employment, housing, friendship and social networks. Social care support can help to enable people to address the inequalities they face as a result of learning disabilities. This Strategic Briefing talks through policy, evidence and practice to help leaders' plan social care systems to even out these inequalities so that people with learning disabilities can live good lives. It is aimed at senior decision-makers working across Adults’ Services. (Edited publisher abstract)
Tackling indifference: healthcare services for people with learning disabilities: national overview report - December 2009
- Author:
- NHS Quality Improvement Scotland
- Publisher:
- NHS Quality Improvement Scotland
- Publication year:
- 2009
- Pagination:
- 43p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
NHS Quality Improvement Scotland (NHS QIS) wrote quality indicators for services for children and adults with learning disabilities. The quality indicators are used to check how well health services are meeting people’s needs. During 2008–2009 NHS QIS looked at services for children and adults with learning disabilities in Scotland to find out what was working well and what could be better. The review teams found lots of examples of new and helpful projects. They also found that services for people with learning disabilities and their carers are improving. But there are areas that need to be better. Recommendations are listed.
Supporting information for tackling indifference: healthcare services for people with learning disabilities
- Author:
- NHS Quality Improvement Scotland
- Publisher:
- NHS Quality Improvement Scotland
- Publication year:
- 2009
- Pagination:
- 98p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
NHS Quality Improvement Scotland (NHS QIS) has reviewed access to general health services for people with learning disabilities and NHS QIS have travelled around Scotland to get a full understanding of the services and arrangements in place. NHS QIS have done this in partnership with people with learning disabilities and their carers, and with health and social care professionals which has added further richness to the findings. This review was wide ranging and there were many examples of innovative and effective practice. Some of these are recorded in Section 9 of this report. There is evidence that services are improving for people with learning disabilities and their carers and the report also identified areas where further improvement can be made. Recommendations are made in full in Section 6 of the report. Findings are in three key areas: awareness and implementation of the key Acts, particularly AWIA and DDA as they both support assessing individual need and improving communication across services, access to general health services, scheduled and out-of-hours (this also includes health promotion and improvement), and effective joined up working both across and within services which is critical to the delivery of safe, effective care. The ‘join’ between services should be invisible to individuals.
Adults with learning disabilities implementation of ‘The same as you?’ Scotland 2007
- Author:
- SCOTLAND. Scottish Government National Statistics
- Publisher:
- Scotland. Scottish Government National Statistics
- Publication year:
- 2008
- Pagination:
- 21p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
The purpose of this statistics release is to present the fifth set of national figures for services provided by local authorities in Scotland for adults with learning disabilities. All figures for 2007 relate to the week ending 16 September 2007 and are provisional.