December 2007
Valuing People Bulletin
To see the first VP Bulletin, please click on the link below:
Commissioning Guidance for Adult Specialist Health including Easy Read Summary
Mansell 2
This report looks at people with difficult and challenging behaviour and the services that support them in their everyday lives. Professor Jim Mansell has updated this report that was first out in 1993. Since then there have been lots of changes. To look at this report, please click on the link below:
| Format | What the information is |  | Mansell 2
Services for People with Learning Disabilities and Challenging Behaviour or Mental Health Needs
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Good practice in learning disability nursing
Learning disability nurses (LDNs) currently play a vital role in helping to respond to the healthcare and other needs of people with learning disabilities. This guidance aims to highlight how their contribution can be made even more effective in the future.
To see the full document, please click on the links below:
November 2007
CAMPUS UPDATE
The second stage of bidding for capital funding for the campus reprovision programme 2008/9 has now opened. For more information please see our NHS Campuses page by clicking here
Oral Health
The Department of Health have brought out a good practice guide for improving the oral health of disabled children and adults. To see this guide, please click on the link below:
October 2007
There is a new information pack to help people who are members of Partnership Boards to better protect adults with learning disabilities in the communities in which they live. To download the pack, please click on the links below:
September 2007
Hate Crime National Survey
In April 2007, Coast 2 Coast and Inclusion North were asked by the Valuing People Support Team to find out what is happening around the country about Hate Crime. To look at the questions that people were asked and their responses click on the Hate Crime Report below:
August 2007
| Format | What the information is |  | I&DeA have written a guide called 'Including people with learning disabilities', that shows how local leaders can ensure people with learning disabilities take their rightful place in eveyday life. It also has best practice examples from the 'Valuing People' Beacons.
To have a look at this guide go to www.idea.gov.uk
| | Getting involved in a political party
The DRC have published a new booklet, "Getting involved in a political party: information for people with learning disabilities"
To find out more information go to www.drc.org.uk
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July 2007
| Format | What the information is | | Transforming Services for Children and Young People
This is the report from the Transforming Services for Children and Young People Event that took place on 21st June 2007. For more information, please contact Max on: hsaevents@helensandersonassociates.co.uk
| | Short Breaks Guide (250 KB)
Here is a new guide about short breaks written by Paradigm | | FPLD have launched a new Primary Care Service Framework for the Management of Health for People with Learning Disabilities.
It is launched with practical resources to help GPs deliver annual health checks for people with learning disabilities with support. These have been developed jointly by Primary Care Unlimited, the Valuing People Support Team and the Foundation for People with Learning Disabilities
To access this and other frameworks, go to www.pcc.nhs.uk/204.php |
CSIP have brought out a report called "Commissioning for people with learning disabilities - a tale of two nations. The report looks at how councils spend their budget for adults with learning disabilities. It shows that there are big differences across England in how the money is used.
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