That people with learning disabilities should get the same health services that are available to everyone else with expert care when they need it.
Valuing People Objective: "To enable people with learning disabilities to access a health service designed around their individual needs, with fast and convenient care delivered to a consistently high standard, and with additional support where necessary."
What does Valuing People say will happen?
- By Spring 2003 'health facilitators' for people with learning disabilities will be identified
- All people with a learning disability will be registered with a GP by summer 2004
- All people with a learning disability will have a Health Action Plan by June 2005
- The NHS will make sure that mainstream hospital services are accessible to people with learning disabilities
- Action to challenge discrimination against people with learning disabilities from minority ethnic communities
- Action to reduce health inequalities: to explore the feasibility of establishing a confidential enquiry into mortality among people with learning disabilities
- The development of local specialist services for people with severe challenging behaviour is a priority for the capital element of the Learning Disability Development Fund
- The Mental Health National Service Framework will bring new benefits to people with learning disabilities
- New role for specialist learning disability services, making most effective use of their expertise.
In Southampton we
Have 2 health champions Allan Tobutt (a self advocate) and Councillor Terry Matthews and we have set up a subgroup to help make all the plans happen
The subgroup lead is Vicky Thew (who is the Clinical Governance lead for people with a learning disability)
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Some of the things have changed for example the closing of the locally based hospital units. In 2010 we want to encourage people with a moderate to severe learning disabiity to reister with their Doctor and get an annual health check
Health Subgroup
Mental Health and Learning Disability
- Southampton Green Light Toolkit
- Green Light Toolkit Plan
- Terms of Reference Health Strategy
- Click here to see the Health questions The Partnership Board asked and the answers (2008)