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News
July
Letter from the Minister to Partnership Boards
We have issued a letter from the Care Service Minister Paul Burstow thanking all Partnership Boards for all the work they have done since Valuing People Now was published in 2009
June
Valuing People Now Newsletter June 2010
You can download the latest issue of our newsletter here
You can download below the Housing Options Flyer:
You can also visit www.housingoptions.org.uk for more information around Housing.
May
Appointment of our new Minister of State for Care Services, Paul Burstow
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April
Learning Disabilities Confidential Inquiry and Public Health Observatory- announcement of contract awards 23rd March 2010
Valuing People Now made commitments to undertake as Confidential Inquiry (CI) and an associated Public Health Observatory (PHO). The department of health announced on 23rd March 2010 the award of contracts to the Norah Fry Research Centre to establish the CI and the North East Public Health Observatory to run the PHO.
Further details can be found by clicking the links below:
Positive Practice Positive Outcomes
A Handbook for Professionals in the Criminal Justice System working with Offenders with Learning Disabilities
March
31st March 2010
Launch of further Valuing People Now Documents
We have launched today a range of various documents including:
To find out more about what we have published since Valuing People Now came out, and for further links, please visit our Publications page.
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Launch of Valuing Employment Now Resources
The Valuing Employment Now (VEN) cross-government delivery team has developed a range of resources to promote best practice and support local and regional delivery of the VEN strategy. For a list of the resources and to download them, please click on VEN resources
Raising our sights: services for adults with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities launched 19th March
This report, written by Jim Mansell and commissioned as part of the Valuing People Now delivery plan, highlights the most important parts of planning and delivering support for people with the most complex needs.
To look at this report, click on the link below:
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Services for adults with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities
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The Care Quality Commission has launched their new State of Care report.
For the first time they have also made an Easy-Read Video Website with Easy-Read-Online Limited, using video clips to help people who have difficulty in reading.
You can visit the site by going to www.easyread.cqc.org.uk
Fulfilling and rewarding lives: the strategy for adults with autism in England
The first autism strategy for England will kick-start fundamental change in public services, helping adults with autism to live independent lives and find work.
To look at the strategy and download the assessment, please click here.
February
Supporting Parents with Learning Disabilities - new publication
The Norah Fry Research centre has just published 'Supporting Parents with learning disabilities and difficulties: Stories of Positive Practice'.
This booklet showcases six stories where parents have been enabled, with the right support from professionals, to look after their children and safeguard their welfare.
 | The booklet was launched in December 2009 by the Working Together with Parents Network at a party hosted by the Baring Foundation in London. For information about the launch visit www.bristol.ac.uk/news/2010/6816.html |
This booklet follows on from the 2007 guidance, jointly published by DH and DCSF (then DfES): 'Good practice guidance on working with parents with a learning disability.'
Supporting parents with learning disabilities is a firm commitment in Valuing People Now and DH are currently finalising guidance for the commissioning of services to support families affected by parental learning disability. This guidance is due to be published this spring as part of a pack, which will include the 'Stories of Positive Practice'.
Further guidance on completing and signing off the Partnership Board self assessment annual reports.
The Department of Health have issued further guidance and a Q&A sheet to help Partnership Boards to sign off their annual reports:
The new guidance is about supporting people with learning disabilities and family carers to sign off the final reports. This has been drafted by the National Valuing Families Forum and the National Forum for People with Learning Disabilities.
The Q&A sheet is a response to the questions and enquiries the department have recieved since publishing the 'Getting the best from your Partnership Board' pack in November 2009. Most of the questions have been about data and the March 31st deadline.
The guidance and Q&A both refer to a revised 'sign off' sheet - to replace the sign off page at the end of the current report. This is available here as a word document and can be downloaded, printed and saved by clicking the link below:
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January
20 January 2010
We have today issued a letter from the National Director for Learning Disabilities to Directors of Adult and Children's Social Services and Chief Executives of Local Authorities, Trusts and SHAs. This is an update on the Valuing Employment Now resource pack and a reminder of the business case for investment in supported employment. Employment will remain a top priority.
Every Vote Counts!
Every Vote Counts! is a project relaunched by United Response, supported by the Electoral Commission, in January 2010.
The aim of the project is to make politics directly relevant to people with learning disabilities in England. There is a resource pack to help extend people with learning disabilities' understanding of how politics affects their every day lives.
There is also guidance to help politicians make their information more accessible. One of the aims of the project is to support more people with learning disabilities to vote.
The pack can be downloaded by clicking the links below:
For more information about Every Vote Counts! please visit their website at www.everyvotecounts.org.uk
Valuing People Now- one year on!
Valuing People Now was launched on 19th January 2009. In the past year we have seen good progress in a number of areas.
Anne Williams, National Director for Learning Disabilities at the Department of Health says: "We are seeing real success as more people are using advocacy services and personal budgets, and having more choice and control in their lives."
To read more about what we have done in the last year, please click on the link below.
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December 2009
World Class Commissioning Guidance on health for people with a learning disability
This document is designed to help PCTs, working with local government and LD Partnership Boards, to commission all health services.
Easy Access Guidance published
This is a guide to support the NHS to include people with learning disabilities in their equality schemes, with practical examples of reasonable adjustments to achieve equality of access.
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A practical guide for the NHS: Creating a Single Equality Scheme that includes improving access for people with learning disabilities
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