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Turning the Tide: a Vision Paper for multiple needs and exclusions
- Author:
- PAGE Anna
- Journal article citation:
- Advances in Dual Diagnosis, 4(4), 2011, pp.173-179.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
This article summarises the 2011 publication, “Turning the Tide: A Vision Paper for multiple needs and exclusions” by Revolving Doors and Making Every Adult Matter, and addresses the financial and social costs of society's failure to support adults facing multiple needs and exclusions in England. The report showed that people with multiple needs and exclusions experience several problems simultaneously and have ineffective contact with services. The article sets out the vision that in every local area people facing multiple needs are supported by effective coordinated services. It argues that to achieve this, a new approach is needed, and five key areas to achieving this are examined. The article shows how politicians, local leaders, and commissioners can act to make coordinated services for people facing multiple needs and exclusions the norm, and is of relevance to service providers to tackle multiple needs by building partnerships, taking proposals to commissioners, and supporting members to develop new approaches to care.
Turning the tide: a vision paper for multiple needs and exclusions
- Authors:
- PAGE Anna, HILBERY Oliver
- Publisher:
- Making Every Adult Matter
- Publication year:
- 2011
- Pagination:
- 23p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This publication calls for a vision, that, in every local area, people experiencing multiple needs are supported by effective, coordinated services and empowered to tackle their problems, reach their full potential and contribute to their communities. The publication suggests that, despite some good progress, it is clear that local services cannot achieve this vision alone. Too often offering coordinated services means going against policy and battling for political and strategic engagement. A new approach is needed from national government to create an environment in which it becomes the norm for leaders in local areas to put in place the coordinated services that have been shown to work for this group. The Vision Paper is aimed at government ministers, Members of Parliament and key local decision makers. It sets out five building blocks for the new approach with recommended actions for each. Each of these is covered by a two-page spread setting out the problem thoughts on the solutions. Areas addressed include: communicating a clear message that tackling multiple needs and exclusions is a government priority; defining and identifying people experiencing multiple needs and exclusions; creating accountability, leadership and transparency; making outcomes and commissioning work for this group; and getting the finances right in local areas.