Ealing Learning Disabilities Partnership Board Review 25/01/07

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Ealing Learning Disabilities Partnership Board
Review 25/01/07

• What is happening around the country

David Cooper
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Valuing People Plan (2001) Not just about
services, more about getting a life
Jobs
Citizenship
Relationships
Social Life
Transport
Homes
Good Health
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Role of the Partnership Boards

• See earlier discussion
• Picture not the same all over the country
• Need to get better at
• Planning
• Commissioning
• Accountability

Government Guidance - Localisation
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Resources

• National Spend - 4.5 billion
• Local Spend - 28 million
• Demographics - where people
• live, their age, sex, income etc.
• Government spending plans next year

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The story so far.

• People are
• listened to
• more
• (2) More
• Direct
• Payments
• (3) Person
• Centred
• Planning

• (4) More
• housing
• choices
• (5) Fewer people
• in long stay
• hospitals

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Individualised Budgets

• Pilots
• Dynamite Project

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Most important issues for next year

• (1) Better health
• Services
• (Cornwall
• Orchard Hill)
• (2) More people
• in paid
• employment

• (3) Transition from
• Children to
• Adult
• services
• (4) More support
• for carers