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Inclusion or outcomes? Tensions in the involvement of people with learning disabilities in strategic planning
- Authors:
- FYSON Rachel, FOX Liz
- Journal article citation:
- Disability and Society, 29(2), 2014, pp.239-254.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Social inclusion is a key principle that underpins the provision of services for people with learning disabilities in England. Learning Disability Partnership Boards, which are responsible for local strategic planning of learning disability services, hold a particular role in promoting inclusion since they are required both to operate inclusively and to achieve inclusive outcomes. This study sought to explore the extent to which these ambitions for inclusion were being achieved. It consisted of three phases: a scoping exercise to elicit the views of key stakeholders; a postal survey of Partnership Boards (response rate 51%); and semi-structured interviews with Partnership Boards members in six local authorities. Findings suggest that Partnership Boards are struggling to fulfil their dual role, with tensions emerging between the desire to operate in fully inclusive ways and the ability to affect strategic change within local services. (Publisher abstract)
A failing partnership
- Author:
- FYSON Rachel
- Journal article citation:
- Viewpoint, May 2008, pp.28-29.
- Publisher:
- Mencap/Gateway
The University of Nottingham has undertaken recent research to investigate the impact of Learning Disability Partnership Boards. Partnership Boards were intended to: provide a place where service users and carers are given a voice and also operate as strategic planning bodies. This article summarises key findings of the research which found that the effectiveness of Partnership Boards is mixed, and largely depends upon the commitment of individual members. The research was commissioned by Mencap on behalf of the Learning Disability Taskforce.
Valuing people: what has it meant for people with profound and multiple disabilities?
- Author:
- FYSON Rachel
- Journal article citation:
- Focus, 42, May 2005, pp.8-12.
- Publisher:
- RNIB
Reports on research from the Norah Fry Research Centre at the University of Bristol which aimed to find out what had changes had occurred within learning disability services since the publication of the 'Valuing People' white paper. The researchers looked at what was written in local plans for services for people with learning difficulties; interviewed self advocates and family carers about their experiences of being involved in Learning Disability Partnership Boards; interviewed chairs of Partnership Boards and interviewed commissioners of learning disability services about the changes they were trying to make in their area.
Too much talk?
- Author:
- FYSON Rachel
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 24.6.04, 2004, pp.34-35.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Examines the changes that have been happening in services for people with learning difficulties in England since the 2001 Valuing People white paper. The article is based on the findings of the research project, 'Strategies for change' at the University of Bristol, funded as part of the Department of Health's learning disability research initiative which analysed local authority learning disability joint investment plans (JIPs). The results highlights the ongoing need for better planning and information systems and better involvement of service users and carers in planning service changes.
Planning for change? Learning disability joint investment plans and implementing the Valuing People White Paper
- Authors:
- WARD Linda, FYSON Rachel, WATSON Debby
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Integrated Care, 12(3), June 2004, pp.11-19.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Valuing People outlined ambitious plans for improving services for people with learning disabilities in England. Strategies to realise these goals were to be taken forward through the new structure of learning disability partnership boards, based in the first instance on local joint investment plans (JIPs). Reports findings from an analysis of the first round of learning disability JIPs compiled as the implementation of the White Paper began, and reviews the implications for the development of robust local strategies and action plans.
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.